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Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani told "Fox News Sunday" that President Trump will sit down one-on-one with Special Counsel Robert Mueller "over my dead body" amid bombshell new revelations in ex-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's false statements case.

In a spirited back-and-forth with host Chris Wallace, Giuliani also claimed that Trump initially "didn't know about" the hush-money payments made to two women made by former Trump attorney Michael Cohen that prosecutors have alleged constituted campaign finance violations.

Giuliani said Trump eventually found out about the payments and reimbursed Cohen, adding that Cohen is a "complete, pathological liar" who "lied" to Trump by secretly tape-recording his own client for several hours.

"Yes, this man is lying -- is that a surprise to you, that Michael Cohen is lying?" Giuliani asked. "The man got up in front of a judge and said, 'I was fiercely loyal to Donald Trump.' Nonsense. He wasn't fiercely loyal to him, he taped him. He sat there with [CNN anchor] Chris Cuomo, told him he wasn’t being taped, showed him a drawer and he lied to him and taped him for two hours."

Asked whether Trump -- who has already provided written responses to inquiries from the special counsel -- would meet with Mueller, Giuliani responded, "Yeah, good luck, good luck -- after what they did to Flynn, the way they trapped him into perjury and no sentence for him. Fourteen days for [former Trump aide George] Papadopoulos -- I did better on traffic violations than they did with Papadopoulos."

He added: "Over my dead body."