Manhattan District Attorney Bragg's probe shed new light on the relationship among Donald Trump and the then-parent company of the National Enquirer.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg unveiled new details Tuesday about the role the National Enquirer's then-publisher played in boosting former President Donald Trump's winning 2016 campaign.
The National Enquirer during the 2016 election published a false article linking the father of then-GOP presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz and Lee Harvey Oswald. Bragg's office outlined the broader effort carried out by the tabloid's previous publisher American Media Inc. as it announced 34 felony charges against former President Donald Trump over hisof facts that AMI, which was run at the time by Trump ally David Pecker, had an extensive role in helping the former president beyond just suppressing negative stories about him — including ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal's allegation that she had an affair with Trump.
The defendant in this case is Trump and the lawyer was Michael Cohen, who made hush money payments to former porn star Stormy Daniels and helped facilitate a payment to McDougal.Outside of the McDougal payment, the tabloid suppressed or published various stories related to Trump or his opponents during the election. The Manhattan DA revealed new examples of how the relationship worked among Pecker, American Media Inc. and Trump.
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