Trump indictment: A closer look at the criminal case laid out by prosecutors
According to the charges, AMI paid $150,000 to buy the silence of a woman to keep quiet about an alleged affair with Trump. That woman, who is not named, matches the description of former Playboy model Karen McDougal, 52, who has publicly talked about her relationship with Trump and her arrangement with AMI.Story continues below advertisement
Pecker made the payment after discussing it with Cohen and Trump, according to the charges, with the understanding that Trump would pay him back. Trump and Cohen discussed repayment in a conversation captured in an audio recording in September 2016 and made plans to do so. But Pecker declined to take the money after talking with his company’s lawyer.In October 2016, the campaign was reeling after the release of a video from 2005 in which Trump made crude comments about women on the set of the “Access Hollywood” TV show.Around that time, Pecker connected Cohen with a lawyer for Daniels, who said she had an affair with Trump as well.
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