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    2 years into Trump's presidency, his lies are catching up to him

    by Chris Megerian and Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times Dec 16, 2018 5 minutes

    WASHINGTON - The exchange was as brief as it was definitive.

    Aboard Air Force One in April, a reporter asked President Donald Trump whether he knew about a $130,000 payment that his lawyer, Michael Cohen, made to Stormy Daniels, a porn actress, shortly before the election.

    For a fleeting moment, Trump paused and pursed his lips, as if deciding what to do next. Then he chose to do what he's often done - he lied.

    "No. No," Trump said.

    Throughout his meteoric political rise, Trump dismissed, ignored and denied reports of sexual misbehavior, tax avoidance and opaque business practices. Often he would respond to questions about falsehoods with even more falsehoods.

    But now, nearly two years after he entered the White House, Trump's lies appear to be catching up to him.

    Federal prosecutors in New York last week that

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