(Exculpatory evidence. Exculpatory evidence is evidence favorable to the defendant in a criminal trial that exonerates or tends to exonerate the defendant of guilt. It is the opposite of inculpatory evidence, which tends to prove guilt). .. article .. "Nothing in that conversation suggests that he had any knowledge of it in advance," Giuliani said, adding that Trump had directed Cohen that if he were to make a payment related to the woman, write a check, rather than sending cash, so it could be properly documented.
"In the big scheme of things, it's powerful exculpatory evidence," Giuliani.