How Manhattan DA could use hush money payment to Playboy model to bolster Trump case:
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Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Waco Regional Airport on March 25, 2023 in Waco, Texas.alleged role in the $130,000 hush payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News the Manhattan District Attorney’s office is also investigating a $150,000 payment to Playboy model Karen McDougal, who, like Daniels, claimed to have had an affair with Trump.
McDougal was paid for the rights to her story in August 2016 by American Media, publisher of the National Enquirer, which did not publish it, a practice known as catch and kill. Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, has said he recorded Trump discussing reimbursement to American Media for the payment to McDougal, but the payment was never made.he claimed he wasn't aware of any paymentFormer President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Waco Regional Airport on March 25, 2023 in Waco, Texas.
Both Daniels and McDougal alleged affairs with Trump happened years before he ran for president - McDougal in 2006 and Daniels in 2010 - but were both paid in the closing moments of the 2016 campaign.
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