特朗普的谎言与麻烦_公共英语阅读理解

特朗普的谎言与麻烦

But in an interview on Fox News on Wednesday night, Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York mayor now serving as a lawyer for the president, said Trump had reimbursed Cohen for the money.

但在周三晚间福克斯资讯(Fox News)的采访中，前纽约市长、现任总统律师的鲁道夫·W·朱利安尼(Rudolph W. Giuliani)表示特朗普已给科恩报销了这笔钱。

In a follow-up interview Thursday morning, Giuliani said Trump did not actually learn the specifics until recently. “He didn’t know the details of this until we knew the details of this, which was a couple weeks ago,” Giuliani said. “Maybe not even a couple — maybe 10 days ago.”

在周四上午的后续采访中，朱利安尼称特朗普直到最近才真正了解具体情况。“他在几个星期前对此都是不了解的，也就是在我们知道具体情况之后，”朱利安尼说。“可能都没几个星期——可能就十天以前。”

In his Wednesday night interview, Giuliani also offered a different reason for Trump’s decision to fire James B. Comey as FBI director last year. When Trump first announced the dismissal, he explained it by saying that Comey was “not able to effectively lead the bureau” and cited memos criticizing his handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email server. The next day, Trump told Lester Holt on NBC News that he would have fired Comey regardless of the memos and that he had the Russia investigation on his mind.