Please Let This Rudy Giuliani Press Tour Come to a Swift and Merciful End 

Here’s all the shit we couldn’t cover today:

• Federal investigators have reportedly been monitoring Michael Cohen’s phones, including at least one phone call between the embattled lawyer and client Donald Trump. [NBC News]
• Rudy Giuliani doesn’t believe the report but took the time to say: “They’re acting like storm troopers—give me a break, baby!” [Daily Beast]
• More Giuliani, baby! [The Hill]
• Here’s a terrifying sentence: “A Giuliani-empowered Trump will only get more aggressive.” [Axios]
• Like everyone else in the administration, Sarah Sanders is having a very hard time keeping track of Trump’s statements about his payout to Stormy Daniels. [Talking Points Memo]
• It’s okay, Trump says his payout to Daniels did not violate campaign laws. [New York Times]
• The Tennessee Senate Republican primary, which finds Bob Corker and Marsha Blackburn running against each other, is the drama I crave. [Politico]
• In very unrelated, but equally inane drama, the House Chaplain pressured by Paul Ryan to resign has rescinded his resignation. [Washington Post]

Here are some tweets the President was allowed to publish:

This has been Barf Bag.