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the story of karen mcdougall, who claims to have had a year-long affair with trump, which he denies. when he learned mcdougall was trying to sell her story in june 2016, pecker said he immediately called cohen. he said he and cohen were already talking a couple times a week, but after pecker brought up mcdougall, their calls became a lot more frequent. michael was very agitated, he told the jury. it looked like he was getting a lot of pressure. he kept on calling, and each time, he seemed more anxious. pecker said he assumed trump was asking cohen, did we hear anything yet? he told trump to buy the rights to mcguy dal's story, trump's response, i don't buy stories. when you do anything like this, i always gets out. ultimately, pecker's company paid karen mcdougall $150,000 for the rights of her stories, but never published it. pecker's testimony resumes thursday. trump today complaining he's stuck in court while president biden is out on the campaign trail. >> they're keeping me in a courtroom, that's freezing, by the way, he's out campaigning and i'm here in a courtroom sitting here
the story of karen mcdougall, who claims to have had a year-long affair with trump, which he denies. when he learned mcdougall was trying to sell her story in june 2016, pecker said he immediately called cohen. he said he and cohen were already talking a couple times a week, but after pecker brought up mcdougall, their calls became a lot more frequent. michael was very agitated, he told the jury. it looked like he was getting a lot of pressure. he kept on calling, and each time, he seemed more...
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one of them involving a former "playboy" model karen mcdougal who claimed she had a year-long affair with trump. a claim trump denied. but her story was bought and never printed. abc's senior investigative reporter aaron katersky at the courthouse again tonight. >> reporter: today, as donald trump listened intently, the former publisher of "the national enquirer," for the first time laying out the extraordinary relationship between candidate trump and the sordid supermarket tabloid, describing what he called the confidential arrangement he made with trump and trump's former fixer, michael cohen, to protect trump during the 2016 campaign. david pecker grinning widely as he pointed out trump in the courtroom, the former president smirking back. the two men had been friends for years. but pecker told the jury their relationship changed in 2015, after trump launched his run for president. pecker was summoned to trump tower that august and in a 20-minute meeting he said trump and cohen "asked me, what can i do and what my magazines can do to help the campaign." pecker testified he pledged
one of them involving a former "playboy" model karen mcdougal who claimed she had a year-long affair with trump. a claim trump denied. but her story was bought and never printed. abc's senior investigative reporter aaron katersky at the courthouse again tonight. >> reporter: today, as donald trump listened intently, the former publisher of "the national enquirer," for the first time laying out the extraordinary relationship between candidate trump and the sordid...
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months later, trump invited pecker to the white house and asked again, "how's karen doing?" pecker recalled responding, "she's doing well. she's quiet." and he described a phone call where top white house officials hope hicks and sarah huckabee sanders encouraged him to keep paying mcdougal. >> mr. trump, do you still like pecker? >> reporter: and then there was stormy daniels, the porn star at the heart of this case. trump charged with falsifying business records to conceal a hush money payment so voters wouldn't learn of their alleged affair. in the final weeks of the campaign, pecker said he told trump's fixer michael cohen daniels was shopping her story. he says cohen told him to buy it, but pecker refused, telling cohen, "i am not going to get involved with a porn star.
months later, trump invited pecker to the white house and asked again, "how's karen doing?" pecker recalled responding, "she's doing well. she's quiet." and he described a phone call where top white house officials hope hicks and sarah huckabee sanders encouraged him to keep paying mcdougal. >> mr. trump, do you still like pecker? >> reporter: and then there was stormy daniels, the porn star at the heart of this case. trump charged with falsifying business...
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mcdougal, who clayed to have a year-long relationship with trump. aaron katersky at the courthouse. >>> the stunning decision involving disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein. new york's appellate court overturning his rape conviction. the case that launched the me too movement, now likely headed for a retrial. >>> disturbing images of the police crackdown on campus protests across the u.s. officers tasing a protester at emory university. new pro-palestinian demonstrations breaking out at more schools. usc now canceling its main graduation ceremony, as protesters face a deadline to clear out at columbia. stephanie ramos standing by. >>> authorities investigating the death of a man following a confrontation with police. body camera video showing him struggling with officers after a crash. an officer seen with his knee on the man's back as he screams, "i can't breathe." >>> millions bracing for four days of severe storms from texas to iowa. tornado watches across several states at this hour. rob marciano timing it out. >>> the harrowing landing at l.a
mcdougal, who clayed to have a year-long relationship with trump. aaron katersky at the courthouse. >>> the stunning decision involving disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein. new york's appellate court overturning his rape conviction. the case that launched the me too movement, now likely headed for a retrial. >>> disturbing images of the police crackdown on campus protests across the u.s. officers tasing a protester at emory university. new pro-palestinian demonstrations...
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she also had contact information for karen mcdougal, the former "playboy" model who had an affair with trump. she typed in two addresses, a cell phone number and e-mail address. trump denies that affair, too, but former "national enquirer" public er publisher, david pecker, has testified that at trump's direction, his tabloid bought mcdougal's story but never ran it to protect trump's campaign. and after the election, pecker told the jury trump thanked him. on cross examination, trump's lawyer, susan necheles, suggested stormy daniels visited trump tower because she was being considered for a role on the apprentice. graff said there was office chatter about that, adding "i vaguely recall hearing trump say that daniels may be one of the interesting people who could be on the show." but no ambiguity on one point, when trump's lawyer asked graff if she wanted to be there in court, her one word answer, "no." and as she left the stand, donald trump rose up out of his chair to greet her, whispering some words and extending his hand. >> reporter: the first week of testimony ended with a bante
she also had contact information for karen mcdougal, the former "playboy" model who had an affair with trump. she typed in two addresses, a cell phone number and e-mail address. trump denies that affair, too, but former "national enquirer" public er publisher, david pecker, has testified that at trump's direction, his tabloid bought mcdougal's story but never ran it to protect trump's campaign. and after the election, pecker told the jury trump thanked him. on cross...
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then there was karen mcdougal who alleged she had an affair with donald trump. the enquirer also bought the right to her story so she could not go public with it. and what we learned in court today is all of this behind the scenes maneuvering much light those bomb shell cover stories was for one express purpose. to help the trump campaign. now that part of the deal where you were going to notify them so they could buy up negative information about mr. trump, that part, did that part help the national inquirer at a all? how was that going to boost sales at the national enquirer? no. that didn't help. steinglass, that part doesn't have a mutual benefit, the purpose of that component was to benefit the campaign. am i understanding you right? that is right. the focus on how all of this benefited the trump campaign is important. the prosecution central argument this n this case, the reason they were able to charge donald trump with a felony is because they say trump's hush money scheme was all about trying to cover up his criminal activity related to the 2016 electio
then there was karen mcdougal who alleged she had an affair with donald trump. the enquirer also bought the right to her story so she could not go public with it. and what we learned in court today is all of this behind the scenes maneuvering much light those bomb shell cover stories was for one express purpose. to help the trump campaign. now that part of the deal where you were going to notify them so they could buy up negative information about mr. trump, that part, did that part help the...
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.>> and created the payments for karen mcdougal and stormy daniels. so do we actually get to a first witness tomorrow. >> i think if we've seen anything in judge juan merchan's attempt to keep this under control, we got a jury in three days and he is set to get this case done in the six week time frame. they will break early for passover. so it's possible we get to the first witness. >> just to drill down on opening statements, prosecutors say this is about the rule of law and whether or not donald trump broker. his allies struck three hush money deals and stories that could derailed his candidacy. the times says directly linking him to the plot to falsify records is another matter altogether. his lawyers will likely argue he was oblivious and that michael cohen handled the specifics. david, is it difficult to prove this case? would a jury believed that cohen decided to dip into his home equity to give money to stormy daniels? >> i don't think it's difficult to prove this legally. and here's why. the rule for the prosecution's office is you don't brin
.>> and created the payments for karen mcdougal and stormy daniels. so do we actually get to a first witness tomorrow. >> i think if we've seen anything in judge juan merchan's attempt to keep this under control, we got a jury in three days and he is set to get this case done in the six week time frame. they will break early for passover. so it's possible we get to the first witness. >> just to drill down on opening statements, prosecutors say this is about the rule of law and...
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. >> and not once but twice, by the way, he was also alleged to have done this with karen mcdougal, the playboy playmate. so, would he be a good choice? would david packer be a good choice to go first? >> i think that being able to tell the story chronologically, it is difficult when then you have to do with different witnesses and their counsel overlap. i think the fact that this stretches back into 2015 does potentially make him an interesting choice here. i would predict we are going to hear from hope hicks very early on in the case. former trump campaign and white house inner circle member, longtime very close staff who was in the room, when it happened, so to speak. he has been on the witness list. i would suspect we will be hearing from her. we will get the contacts that will then set up the october 2016 events in which the payments were made and then they were ultimately covered up , masked as fake invoices for michael cohen. >> hey, if you're going to go back to the beginning, tristan, does that mean you expect to hear from stormy daniels and potentially mcdougall? >> that is al
. >> and not once but twice, by the way, he was also alleged to have done this with karen mcdougal, the playboy playmate. so, would he be a good choice? would david packer be a good choice to go first? >> i think that being able to tell the story chronologically, it is difficult when then you have to do with different witnesses and their counsel overlap. i think the fact that this stretches back into 2015 does potentially make him an interesting choice here. i would predict we are...
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to the karen mcdougal case, the doorman trying to sell a story about trump fathering a child out of wedlock which was false. you can set the stage for this not being a one-off that trump of course knew because it was a pattern. i still think that it's my ctv here. she continues to be a loyalist to donald trump. she was in the room when it happened on air force one steaming has close while trump was still wearing them. she has no reason to lie. she hears things and to me it is surprising that she will testify but according to reports, she testified already before the grand jury and testify truthfully. it looks like she will be a key corroborating witness for michael:. >> could have gone all day without mentioning hope hicks steaming has close while wearing them. thanks so much. anything to see both of you. thank you both. >>> the marjorie taylor greene wing of the republican party are ready to exercise one power they have. but how? that's next in 90 seconds. seco. getting a brick and mortar in new york is not easy. chase ink has supported us from studio one to studio three. when you start sm
to the karen mcdougal case, the doorman trying to sell a story about trump fathering a child out of wedlock which was false. you can set the stage for this not being a one-off that trump of course knew because it was a pattern. i still think that it's my ctv here. she continues to be a loyalist to donald trump. she was in the room when it happened on air force one steaming has close while trump was still wearing them. she has no reason to lie. she hears things and to me it is surprising that...
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that august, 2015 meeting that you talked about and the phone call during 2016 about karen mcdougal having been vetted and what trump wanted to know about the conversation. i to assume there are a lot more conversations and the prosecution is going to elicit testimony about them in the ensuing days. >> i thought the most relevant thing to watch was the ongoing dichotomy going on inside the courtroom and outside the courtroom. i think it came into relief really at the beginning of the day when there was a hearing about whether donald trump would be held in contempt for some of the things he said on truth social about witnesses and even about a juror. todd blanche, the guy that i profiled in this story, got up and said that a client has a right to talk about the two systems of justice that have been shown in the courtroom and i think this is something that we will see a lot. donald trump if he can win an acquittal or a mistrial, that's great for him, but he is running against the system. >> a follow-up on that, we will talk about this in a second in greater detail, but he says he is doing hi
that august, 2015 meeting that you talked about and the phone call during 2016 about karen mcdougal having been vetted and what trump wanted to know about the conversation. i to assume there are a lot more conversations and the prosecution is going to elicit testimony about them in the ensuing days. >> i thought the most relevant thing to watch was the ongoing dichotomy going on inside the courtroom and outside the courtroom. i think it came into relief really at the beginning of the day...
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mcdougal to cover up her own story. according to testimony, one of his with the understanding that she wanted somebody to purchase the affair. he contacted michael cohen and insisted on communication through an encrypted app. increasingly agitated as the editor first to that mcdougall's story with single quote, he kept on calling and each time he called he seemed more anxious adding, quote, i assumed he had the conversation esther trump and mr. trump was asking michael cohen did we hear anything yet? also testified that trump called him directly about the mcdougall story but then the candidate saying i spoke to michael and, quote, he told me about karen and trump said to me, what do you think? p ecker he said trump to push the mcdougall story pick former edison are will resume his testimony we have the day off tomorrow for the trial but we already know how the story ends, the inquirer paid mcdougall 150 grand for the rights to her story and her silence but, here's the asterisk, which is great, trump was supposed to repa
mcdougal to cover up her own story. according to testimony, one of his with the understanding that she wanted somebody to purchase the affair. he contacted michael cohen and insisted on communication through an encrypted app. increasingly agitated as the editor first to that mcdougall's story with single quote, he kept on calling and each time he called he seemed more anxious adding, quote, i assumed he had the conversation esther trump and mr. trump was asking michael cohen did we hear...
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one of those juicy stories was from former "playboy" playmate karen mcdougal to. they claim she had an affair with trump which the inquirer bought for $150,000 but did not run as part of that catch and kill scheme. trump defense lawyer told the jury that the former president did not violate the law. the former president thought that checks to the lawyer michael cohen over his legal expenses and not his prosecutors claim to reimburse cohen to pay stormy daniels. "i have a spoiler alert. there is nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. it's called democracy. they put something sinister on him." prosecutors say is illegal at about 34 checks that trump made out to pay for a species after the first day of testimony, the former president left in the hallway. they said he thought it all went very well. >> you heard it today for the first time. this is what i got indicted over it. this is what takes me off the campaign trail. because i should be in georgia now. i should be in florida now. i should be a lot of different places right now campaigning. >> the form
one of those juicy stories was from former "playboy" playmate karen mcdougal to. they claim she had an affair with trump which the inquirer bought for $150,000 but did not run as part of that catch and kill scheme. trump defense lawyer told the jury that the former president did not violate the law. the former president thought that checks to the lawyer michael cohen over his legal expenses and not his prosecutors claim to reimburse cohen to pay stormy daniels. "i have a spoiler...
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at one point pecker asked michael cohen who will pay me back for the $150,000 for karen mcdougal? and cohan said don't worry, the boss will take care of a. where do you think we are with where we have heard so far? >> pecker said he and trump had some sort of gentlemen's agreement on how this would w work. again this was a mutually beneficial relationship according to pecker. donald trump apparently sold the most magazines from them than anyone else and he said something like 80% of his "national enquirer" readers wanted donald trump to win the presidency if he ran so he saw this as an opportunity when donald trump decided to run to both help his business but also help the former president's campaign as well. as far as what we have learned so far we have learned a lot about the cd feelings of tabloid culture in new york city. we have not learned anything with respect to the crime at issue. i think the state is attempting to hone in on this vague new york election law that's says conspiring to influence an election through unlawful means, that's what they are trying to get them on.
at one point pecker asked michael cohen who will pay me back for the $150,000 for karen mcdougal? and cohan said don't worry, the boss will take care of a. where do you think we are with where we have heard so far? >> pecker said he and trump had some sort of gentlemen's agreement on how this would w work. again this was a mutually beneficial relationship according to pecker. donald trump apparently sold the most magazines from them than anyone else and he said something like 80% of his...
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the payments were made to karen mcdougal in 2016. testifying this morning that michael said he had not been reimbursed for the payment to stormy daniels. and those payments to: in $135,000 that cohen paid did not start until after trump was president. earlier in effect bragg is trying to charge trump for seven that artie happened in the past. without a time machine, how do you do that? >> the reason it should not happen, john, it is just a bedrock matter of constitutional law in this country that you are supposed to be indicted on the charge that the jury is going to consider. that seems it should be straightforward enough but what happened here is brad gets the jury in new york to indict 34 counts that occur in 2017. all of this stuff about pecker and cohen and what they did in 2015 and 2016, none of that is in the indictment. what is in the indictment are 34 charges of falsifying business records that happened between february and december of 2017. coterminous with the indictment bragg puts out what he calls it the "statement of fa
the payments were made to karen mcdougal in 2016. testifying this morning that michael said he had not been reimbursed for the payment to stormy daniels. and those payments to: in $135,000 that cohen paid did not start until after trump was president. earlier in effect bragg is trying to charge trump for seven that artie happened in the past. without a time machine, how do you do that? >> the reason it should not happen, john, it is just a bedrock matter of constitutional law in this...
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but on the stand he revealed the president did not want to buy karen mcdougal's story telling him not to purchase it saying such scandalous stories always get out anyway and pecker said he never dealt with president trump on it directly but with his lawyer, michael cohen, when negotiating with mcdougall. pecker said he asked about lots of stories about celebrities including quashing an alleged affair of arnold schwarzenegger, tiger woods, and emmanuel ran mia among others. so when mcdougall came knocking to be paid to pecker said it was another routine celebrity sex scandal that happened to touch on his pal donald trump. we also got a preview of the trump defense strategy to attack the credibility of his former close aide and lawyer michael cohen expected to be there prosecution's star witness in a couple of weeks. trump's lawyer asked pecker all about michael cohen suggesting he is "prone to exaggeration" and he said you cannot trust anything michael cohen says as he raised that issue prosecutors objected to that. so far there has been no direct evidence the former president was actu
but on the stand he revealed the president did not want to buy karen mcdougal's story telling him not to purchase it saying such scandalous stories always get out anyway and pecker said he never dealt with president trump on it directly but with his lawyer, michael cohen, when negotiating with mcdougall. pecker said he asked about lots of stories about celebrities including quashing an alleged affair of arnold schwarzenegger, tiger woods, and emmanuel ran mia among others. so when mcdougall...
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there is a chance that karen mcdougal could take the stand here. so you have been watching all of this, katie, what are your thoughts? at this point. to go i am of course always looking at the political side of all of this. there was an interesting poll that came out yesterday saying even if trump were convicted in the specific case, 62% of people say it would not affect their vote. 15% of people say that it would encourage them to vote for him if he were to be convicted. than about 20% of people that say invite and encourage them not to vote for him. so while we are all watching this the american people are paying attention to this very specific case. a lot of people have argued that president trump is going to be able on the campaign trail as he has to say i am a victim of this but i think the broader argument as he could say democrats are using the justice system to go after their political opponents by all of the analysis we have heard by our excellent legal analyst so far in this case, they don't yet have evidence trump knew about these paymen
there is a chance that karen mcdougal could take the stand here. so you have been watching all of this, katie, what are your thoughts? at this point. to go i am of course always looking at the political side of all of this. there was an interesting poll that came out yesterday saying even if trump were convicted in the specific case, 62% of people say it would not affect their vote. 15% of people say that it would encourage them to vote for him if he were to be convicted. than about 20% of...
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when he learned a former playboy model, karen mcdougal, was trying to sell her story about an affair with trump, which trump denies. pecker's company bought the rights to the story for $150,000. but to protect trump, pecker says he never published the story. pecker's due back on the stand when the trial resumes tomorrow, a dramatic scene on a highway in oregon. >> a one year old boy is safe after being rescued by police. they say he'd been abducted by his father, who was accused of two murders and was allegedly fleeing to mexico before dying by suicide. former school resource officer elias huizar allegedly killed his ex-wife in washington state. he was also accused of another murder, believed to be his girlfriend. he previously pleaded not guilty to a child rape charge, a bizarre sight in the nation's capital. >> this city bus was seen driving across a grassy field in the u.s. navy yard, officials say the bus was empty. they say the unusual exit was authorized because the bus was taking part in a nearby event. >> time now for your wednesday weather texas and the southern plains could
when he learned a former playboy model, karen mcdougal, was trying to sell her story about an affair with trump, which trump denies. pecker's company bought the rights to the story for $150,000. but to protect trump, pecker says he never published the story. pecker's due back on the stand when the trial resumes tomorrow, a dramatic scene on a highway in oregon. >> a one year old boy is safe after being rescued by police. they say he'd been abducted by his father, who was accused of two...
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mcdougal's alleged sexual relationship with trump before the 2016 election and quashed it a tactic known as catch and kill. >> pecker described a thank you dinner at the white house and a meeting at trump tower, where trump said, i want to thank you for handling the mcdougal situation, then asking, how's our girl? pecker says he replied , she's quiet. things are going fine. pecker also testified that trump's lawyer, michael cohen, informed him before the election that star stormy daniels was shopping her story about an alleged affair, but in this case, pecker says he refused to buy it. ultimately, cohen himself paid daniels $130,000 to keep quiet, and prosecutors claim trump paid cohen back falsely labeling it as legal expenses. trump has pleaded not guilty on the stand. yesterday, pecker also testified about other stories. he claimed the magazine purchased about other celebrities, including allegedly , arnold schwarzenegger and tiger woods. no comment from either of those men this morning, andrew. >> all right, jay, thank you. fire engulfed this historic wharf outside of san diego. smok
mcdougal's alleged sexual relationship with trump before the 2016 election and quashed it a tactic known as catch and kill. >> pecker described a thank you dinner at the white house and a meeting at trump tower, where trump said, i want to thank you for handling the mcdougal situation, then asking, how's our girl? pecker says he replied , she's quiet. things are going fine. pecker also testified that trump's lawyer, michael cohen, informed him before the election that star stormy daniels...
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karen mcdougal. p pecker bought the story and squashed it. in the tabloid world, it did not reveal anything criminal for the actual case charged. >> jacqui: there is op ed by boston law professor that reads, i thought alvin bragg case was a legal embarrassment and now it is a historic mistake. embarrassment of prosecutorial ethics. what is your take on this, you have had that sentiment echoed across several different outlets. >> it is a problem when people ask what is the crime. reason people are asking that, it remains unclear. trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business record and he mislabeled or someone did the payment to stormy daniels as business record, it was to conceal an underlying crime. we don't know what the crime is. two, entering into an nda, with a porn star or not, is not illegal. is it unsightly? sure. not illegal. we're in court about a crime. catch and kill schemes are not illegal. suppressing bad information when running for office, is not illegal and labeling somethin
karen mcdougal. p pecker bought the story and squashed it. in the tabloid world, it did not reveal anything criminal for the actual case charged. >> jacqui: there is op ed by boston law professor that reads, i thought alvin bragg case was a legal embarrassment and now it is a historic mistake. embarrassment of prosecutorial ethics. what is your take on this, you have had that sentiment echoed across several different outlets. >> it is a problem when people ask what is the crime....
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today defense attorney for the former president will try and show that buying karen mcdougal's story was routine. he will continue his cross examination of david pecker to try to demolish alvin bragg's case against the former president. pecker has taken the stand now day four of his testimony. he said he still considers him a friend of trump's and testified about the catch and kill deal to protect the former president running as a candidate in 2016. he said he and trump for years had swapped salacious stories and tips and killed those stories in the "national enquirer" for decades. he bought stories to kill about alleged affairs from arnold schwarzenegger and tiger woods and others. when karen mcdougal wanted to get paid for her story it was business to buy that and kill it, too, he said. under cross examination trump's lawyer tried to shake pecker's memory asking how many meetings has he had with prosecutors? pecker, i don't have my calendar in front of me. it's hard to remember the dates of these things even when they hap end just a few months ago? pecker told the jury after he was
today defense attorney for the former president will try and show that buying karen mcdougal's story was routine. he will continue his cross examination of david pecker to try to demolish alvin bragg's case against the former president. pecker has taken the stand now day four of his testimony. he said he still considers him a friend of trump's and testified about the catch and kill deal to protect the former president running as a candidate in 2016. he said he and trump for years had swapped...
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conversation about karen mcdougal. former playboy model who said she had a long-term relationship with president trump. they've been pressing about what the conversation was and the agreement was with her. she believed she was signing a deal to write articles and restart her career as a model in contrast to wanting the tell the story or this conversation about being caught and killed. david pecker continues on the stand and hear more about that conversation and that agreement with karen mcdougal. let's bring in former assistant u.s. attorney and fox news contributor andy mccarthy. great to have you with us, andy. >> good morning. >> shannon: let's talk about the relevance of this karen mcdougal testimony not from her but david pecker they viewed it as a business arrangement. she didn't want to story out there or hurt president trump. she didn't think she was killing a story. she felt that way later. she thought she was signing a deal to help her restart her career. in an exchange that story wasing going anywhere. what
conversation about karen mcdougal. former playboy model who said she had a long-term relationship with president trump. they've been pressing about what the conversation was and the agreement was with her. she believed she was signing a deal to write articles and restart her career as a model in contrast to wanting the tell the story or this conversation about being caught and killed. david pecker continues on the stand and hear more about that conversation and that agreement with karen...
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mcdougal. people always act in their self interest. in a courtroom, that tendency is exacerbated, right? so mr. pecker has sort of a binary choice. he can be a witness with immunity, or, perhaps, a defendant. between those two polls, it's pretty easy. danny is right. people almost always cooperate -- i wouldn't say 100% of the time -- >> look at allen weisselberg, he didn't. >> yeah, there are exceptions but almost always, and it's because it's in their interest to do so. the guy in the parking lot that sees the getaway car after the bank robbery, he doesn't have an axe to grind and he saw what he saw and will report it, but for those who are involved in the scheme and the plot, when they are given the choice to cooperate with the immunity, or cast in the lot with the other defendants facing prison time, that's never a hard choice in my experience. >> how do you think the defense will approach this on cross-examination? >> this is a tough one. david pecker is a tougher cross-examination subject
mcdougal. people always act in their self interest. in a courtroom, that tendency is exacerbated, right? so mr. pecker has sort of a binary choice. he can be a witness with immunity, or, perhaps, a defendant. between those two polls, it's pretty easy. danny is right. people almost always cooperate -- i wouldn't say 100% of the time -- >> look at allen weisselberg, he didn't. >> yeah, there are exceptions but almost always, and it's because it's in their interest to do so. the guy in...
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mcdougal, these were unusual, they were much larger payments. the limit previously for celebrity stories were 10,000, now you're talking 100,000. far more than usual and pecker testified this didn't benefit the "national enquirer." it would have benefitted us to publish the story. to catch and kill them, he testified it benefitted the trump campaign and trump as well, but all you need from the prosecution's standpoint is that there was a benefit to the campaign to meet that element of the offense. so that was critical testimony from david pecker so far. >> and so pecker said essentially he had agreed to serve as the eyes and ears for trump, again, publishing stories that would boost trump while hurt his opponents in the 2016 election. we have a few of the headlines here, ted cruz caught cheating with five secret mistresses. hillary clinton's satanic inner circle. those headlines are obviously salacious, and they're clearly not true. given that david pecker was behind the scenes doing all that, pumping out these lies, what does that do for his cr
mcdougal, these were unusual, they were much larger payments. the limit previously for celebrity stories were 10,000, now you're talking 100,000. far more than usual and pecker testified this didn't benefit the "national enquirer." it would have benefitted us to publish the story. to catch and kill them, he testified it benefitted the trump campaign and trump as well, but all you need from the prosecution's standpoint is that there was a benefit to the campaign to meet that element of...
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vaughn, trump's lawyer has been asking pecker about his negotiations with karen mcdougal. what are they getting at? >> reporter: this is all part of the effort here from the defense team to make the case to the jury that this was a long-standing practice on the part of the "national enquirer" to buy up stories and workshop them, make sure to see whether they were true or not, but also to put out other negative stories about other celebrities or politicians medical record to help boost sales because they are a company that is trying to drive publications sales and make money, and when it comes specifically to karen mcdougal, there is an exchange here where emil bove, donald trump's attorney asks her, quote, when you first learned about this, you understand ms. mcdougal did not want to publish. what she wanted was to restart her career, and ami could help her, to which david pecker responded, yes. what they are trying to lay out is that david pecker was not initially engaging with karen mcdougal in an effort to, you know, keep her from going public because she never intended
vaughn, trump's lawyer has been asking pecker about his negotiations with karen mcdougal. what are they getting at? >> reporter: this is all part of the effort here from the defense team to make the case to the jury that this was a long-standing practice on the part of the "national enquirer" to buy up stories and workshop them, make sure to see whether they were true or not, but also to put out other negative stories about other celebrities or politicians medical record to help...
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the transaction around karen mcdougal, this other affair at a certain point, it started to become the parent to the people inside the national enquirer that there was too much much heat around this. there was too much risk, and i think that's why you see the stormy daniels transaction looking so different through colon and there was a report that the $3,130,000 was too much and sort of pass it onto cohen. >> it started to get both overly expensive and risky looking risky specifically in the sense that might ultimately have the potential to put people in legal jeopardy. >> what else do you think i mean, what's the most important thing you think will be used for on the stand tomorrow. >> i think speaking to that meeting. and what was said in that meeting and pushing back on what we already heard in the opening stages. today from the trump defense team, which is, hey, this is just a guy trying to protect his personal life, trying to protect his marriage by saying no, there was a meeting that catalyze this in which it was explicitly said this is about helping donald trump during the elect
the transaction around karen mcdougal, this other affair at a certain point, it started to become the parent to the people inside the national enquirer that there was too much much heat around this. there was too much risk, and i think that's why you see the stormy daniels transaction looking so different through colon and there was a report that the $3,130,000 was too much and sort of pass it onto cohen. >> it started to get both overly expensive and risky looking risky specifically in...
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david is company made to buy the rights to former playboy model karen mcdougal story about an alleged affair with trump years earlier. >> ronen spoke to mcdougal in detail, the allergen patients and the scheme to kill her story tomorrow when the trial resumes, ronan's reporting will be a key piece of evidence. >> i i spoke to mcdougal in 2018, and the only tv interviewed she'd done about her relationship with trump. here's what she told me once donald trump won the republican nomination, right? kites, you're saying ami suddenly came back to you with interests to keith? yes. to us for the story. yeah. >> what do you think it was that it was after donald trump was the republican nominee that they came back they wanted to squash story you're saying they wanted to protect donald trump i'm assuming so. yeah. >> if donald trump hadn't been running for president, do you believe this deal would have been made with ami knowing what you know now, probably not know how for not you're pretty you're convinced now this was an effort to do a favor for donald trump in the last few months of the presi
david is company made to buy the rights to former playboy model karen mcdougal story about an alleged affair with trump years earlier. >> ronen spoke to mcdougal in detail, the allergen patients and the scheme to kill her story tomorrow when the trial resumes, ronan's reporting will be a key piece of evidence. >> i i spoke to mcdougal in 2018, and the only tv interviewed she'd done about her relationship with trump. here's what she told me once donald trump won the republican...
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mcdougal the one alleged affair with alleged affair. the other was adore man who alleged falsely the trump was the father of a child. and the third, of course, with stormy daniels, who is the basis for the charges in the case. and david is the key figure in all three of these who basically controlled the money, or at least for two of them he controlled the money for how these stories we're going to be suppressed. and that, that's what that's what colangelo's talked about in the opening statements, and that's what cracker began to testify in his testimony today. and qarrah white is the suppression of these stories matter? >> because at the time hi and what they were trying to do in the opening statement and what they're going to try to do through the witnesses is take the jury back to 2015 and 2016 when none of this information was out in the open and the access hollywood tape had just come out and the campaign very much did not want these negative stories. trump was not the candidate that he is today with the popularity that he has now,
mcdougal the one alleged affair with alleged affair. the other was adore man who alleged falsely the trump was the father of a child. and the third, of course, with stormy daniels, who is the basis for the charges in the case. and david is the key figure in all three of these who basically controlled the money, or at least for two of them he controlled the money for how these stories we're going to be suppressed. and that, that's what that's what colangelo's talked about in the opening...
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karen mcdougal story. and when you look at the charging documents here for trump, there are some hints about where this goes. next david pecker ends up paying her, but at some point, he decides to not get reimbursed from trump world and i'm curious as to why that happened. so this is the opening salvo, but there's more to counter. so again, you're not going to find the crime a to z found in any one paragraph of testimony, prosecutors have to build a case here and i think two things jump out at me from the transcript. one, this is a full nine alarm fire in trump world and in the national acquire in pecker's environment, they are i mean, they're pulling each other out of meetings. they're borderline panicked okay. the other thing is that establishes a really important chain of communication because this is one of the rare instances. there's a few were david pecker has direct contact with donald trump. most of its with michael cohen. and the weakness that arthur just pointed out is, well, how do you know that
karen mcdougal story. and when you look at the charging documents here for trump, there are some hints about where this goes. next david pecker ends up paying her, but at some point, he decides to not get reimbursed from trump world and i'm curious as to why that happened. so this is the opening salvo, but there's more to counter. so again, you're not going to find the crime a to z found in any one paragraph of testimony, prosecutors have to build a case here and i think two things jump out at...
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now he began by introducing them to karen mcdougal. but tomorrow they're really going to get into the heart of that deal. and the role of ami, the role of michael cohen, the phone calls around this and how that came to be, and then move into the store let me daniel deal, which is at the center of this case, and bring the campaign into this even more so, he's expected to be on the stand, i think for quite awhile, maybe the whole day when the defense gets their cross-examination going, but he will be for the prosecution's witness to try to continue to establish these this catch and kill conspiracy. and then also the motive for which was to help donald trump's campaign. >> it's every day. what do you see? david pecker is role as this for the prosecution. >> i think for so long we've talked about michael cohen as the narrator, and i think what's so powerful here is that david pecker is really serving as that narrator, but he has the benefit of not having the hostility and credibility issues that are associated. michael cohen. >> but he's r
now he began by introducing them to karen mcdougal. but tomorrow they're really going to get into the heart of that deal. and the role of ami, the role of michael cohen, the phone calls around this and how that came to be, and then move into the store let me daniel deal, which is at the center of this case, and bring the campaign into this even more so, he's expected to be on the stand, i think for quite awhile, maybe the whole day when the defense gets their cross-examination going, but he...
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and that the money that was being used, whether it was for paying off the doorman or karen mcdougal or stormy daniels, which is the heart of the case, are all according to the d.a., election -- forms of election campaign fraud and part of that conspiracy. that is an element that makes the false business records a felony and not just a misdemeanor. but to your point, the bad journalist practice, if you step back and think about the big picture that's being presented to us, this case just like the fox and dominion civil case, is a form of this country really not adhering to its principles with respect to the role of the fourth estate. it's much closer to what you expect in countries like russia and authoritarian regimes. the idea that the media is in cahoots with a member of one party to get that person elected is simply not how this country operates or is supposed to operate. and we now have seen this both with respect to the testimony today from the "national enquirer," but we also saw it with respect to fox news and dominion, that sort of fundamental principle of how the fourth estate
and that the money that was being used, whether it was for paying off the doorman or karen mcdougal or stormy daniels, which is the heart of the case, are all according to the d.a., election -- forms of election campaign fraud and part of that conspiracy. that is an element that makes the false business records a felony and not just a misdemeanor. but to your point, the bad journalist practice, if you step back and think about the big picture that's being presented to us, this case just like...
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pecker, that your purpose in lob -- locking up the karen mcdougal story is to influence the election? that's trying to bring it back to the connection to the elections since during cross-examination he was certainly acknowledging he had a longstanding relationship with the tabloid and that there were years and years before the campaign when they were both promoting trump's interests and covering up embarrassing stories. >> the prosecution has to do everything that he can to bring it back to -- it makes this case a felony, that donald trump conspired to promote his election by unlawful means. if they allow the defense to create reasonable doubt in that one juror, this was business as usual, this is what donald trump did with pecker, even before the election, this is what they do, where is the illegalness in this? the prosecution -- this is the first witness. we have a long way to go. in their summation, the prosecutors have to connect all the dots and explain to this jury why they have proven that donald trump concealed a crime when he falsified the business records. if they don't prov
pecker, that your purpose in lob -- locking up the karen mcdougal story is to influence the election? that's trying to bring it back to the connection to the elections since during cross-examination he was certainly acknowledging he had a longstanding relationship with the tabloid and that there were years and years before the campaign when they were both promoting trump's interests and covering up embarrassing stories. >> the prosecution has to do everything that he can to bring it back...
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next we have karen mcdougal, who is also expected to be a witness. she claims to have had a previous illicit affair with mr trump and also says she was paid hush money by american media incorporated, which is the parent company of the national enquirer, for his story, forcing her to keep quiet. which brings me finally to david pecker. he was the then chairman and ceo of that tabloid and part of a catch and kill the scheme to support donald trump's 2016 presidential run. so essentially what he would do is buy the rights to stories that made donald trump look bad, he would then refuse to publish them to suppress damaging information. and he is expected to be the first witness called after the opening arguments. thanks to meghan for that, he has started given his evidence before proceedings wrapped up for the day. of course this is a judicial process but taking place within a very political process context,. earlier i spoke to nikki beaver, national political director of the national federation of republican women, and i asked her what impact this trial
next we have karen mcdougal, who is also expected to be a witness. she claims to have had a previous illicit affair with mr trump and also says she was paid hush money by american media incorporated, which is the parent company of the national enquirer, for his story, forcing her to keep quiet. which brings me finally to david pecker. he was the then chairman and ceo of that tabloid and part of a catch and kill the scheme to support donald trump's 2016 presidential run. so essentially what he...
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mcdougal and stormy daniels into donald trump�*s company contacts, and that she vaguely recalled seeing stormy daniels in trump tower ahead of the 2016 election. but she admitted on the stand that she did not want to be here in court. testifying that she respected donald trump, and he even stood up and tried to give her a brief hello on her way out. well, things were very different with the former national enquirer publisher david pecker. the defence tried to discredit him even though he was a reliable witness who said he didn�*t hold any grudges against donald trump or have any ill will against him. they tried to get him to say that the whole alleged catch and kill scheme, which prosecutors had said is a criminal conspiracy to influence the election — well, the defence tried to paint it as a business decision, kind of standard operating procedure for a tabloid. but david pecker said he had been truthful on the stand. he reiterated that he did that scheme alongside donald trump and michael cohen, allegedly, to help the campaign. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.
mcdougal and stormy daniels into donald trump�*s company contacts, and that she vaguely recalled seeing stormy daniels in trump tower ahead of the 2016 election. but she admitted on the stand that she did not want to be here in court. testifying that she respected donald trump, and he even stood up and tried to give her a brief hello on her way out. well, things were very different with the former national enquirer publisher david pecker. the defence tried to discredit him even though he was...
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mcdougal was shopping her story about an alleged affair with donald trump, michael cohen directed him to pay her hundred and $50,000 to suppress her story. he said the boss, meaning donald trump, would take care of the payment. but then mr becker said his counsel advised him against being reimbursed —— becker he said they thought it was a campaign finance violation that payment. so when it came to being told about stormy daniels and her story, he said that he refused to pay her $130,000 to buy her story, instead telling michael cohen that the boss would probably want him, cohen, to buy it to suppress the story. but then we heard from the defence and in their questioning, they really sought to get packer to really characterise the catch and kill scheme as prosecutors have put it —— becker. that's a standard operating procedure for a tabloid and not a criminal conspiracy that violated electoral laws. the defence asked him about that and he said yes, they often did by stories and not publish them and that he often suppressed stories for celebrities such as arnold schwarzenegger,
mcdougal was shopping her story about an alleged affair with donald trump, michael cohen directed him to pay her hundred and $50,000 to suppress her story. he said the boss, meaning donald trump, would take care of the payment. but then mr becker said his counsel advised him against being reimbursed —— becker he said they thought it was a campaign finance violation that payment. so when it came to being told about stormy daniels and her story, he said that he refused to pay her $130,000 to...
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first with stormy daniels and later with karen mcdougal who herself was paid by the national enquirer. they are using david pecker to set the stage. we have scratched the surface with his beginning testimony that will continue tomorrow. host: tell us about what we heard from the defense in the opening arguments. reporter: the defense's role today in their opening statement was to sow doubt through the prosecution's case because the burden of proof is on the prosecution. and todd blanche, donald trump's lawyer was mocking several elements of their case saying there is nothing illegal about influencing an election, it is called democracy, he said. he also said the catch and skill -- catch and kill scheme, nothing wrong with that either. he put distance between trump and falsifying records. saying he was so far up in the organization that he did not have his hand in the details. another key piece we will see is in trying to say that the prosecution's case is built on unreliable witnesses. for michael cohen, they painted him as someone that has a vendetta against donald trump wanting to s
first with stormy daniels and later with karen mcdougal who herself was paid by the national enquirer. they are using david pecker to set the stage. we have scratched the surface with his beginning testimony that will continue tomorrow. host: tell us about what we heard from the defense in the opening arguments. reporter: the defense's role today in their opening statement was to sow doubt through the prosecution's case because the burden of proof is on the prosecution. and todd blanche, donald...
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mcdougal who said she had an affair with donald trump which donald trump denies. he said he paid one hunt $50,000 to her because -- $150,000 to her. but then his legal advisor advised against it and he knew the payments phyletic campaign-finance laws. then when he detailed the hearing about stormy daniels selling her story, he says he urged michael cohen to make the payment himself. he was just unwilling to make the payment in that case, he said, and that is kind of where we saw this go, caitriona. david packer for the prosecution outlining the scheme and the cover-up, sing donald trump spoke to him many times afterward, asking about why the women for example had given interviews when there was an agreement with them not to. then the defense was able to start questioning of david packer. he testified this checkbook journalism, paying to suppress stories, was standard operating procedure and he had done it with several celebrities including tiger woods and arnold schwarzenegger. caitriona: thank you. gary, this a big moment for donald trump at the supreme court, al
mcdougal who said she had an affair with donald trump which donald trump denies. he said he paid one hunt $50,000 to her because -- $150,000 to her. but then his legal advisor advised against it and he knew the payments phyletic campaign-finance laws. then when he detailed the hearing about stormy daniels selling her story, he says he urged michael cohen to make the payment himself. he was just unwilling to make the payment in that case, he said, and that is kind of where we saw this go,...
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under prosecution questioning she said she did and put the former playboy model karen mcdougal and stormy daniels contacts into donald trump's contacts at trump tower and vaguely recalls seeing stormy daniels there in the lead up to the 2016 election. rhona graff says she has respect for donald trump. as she left, you could see him try to get up and briefly say hello to her. things were very different when the defense got a chance to finally cross-examine the former publisher of the national inquirer david pecker. they tried to get him to poke holes the prosecution narrative saying essentially the catch and kill scheme was good business for pecker and he cooperated with prosecutors because he was in the middle of a media acquisition deal and did not want that to be impacted. pecker hit back. he said he had been truthful the entire time and understood the catch and kill scheme to be in service of donald trump's campaign. the defense struggled to put a hole in the prosecution narrative. >> briefly, what will you be watching in a week to come? >> after president biden said he would be happy
under prosecution questioning she said she did and put the former playboy model karen mcdougal and stormy daniels contacts into donald trump's contacts at trump tower and vaguely recalls seeing stormy daniels there in the lead up to the 2016 election. rhona graff says she has respect for donald trump. as she left, you could see him try to get up and briefly say hello to her. things were very different when the defense got a chance to finally cross-examine the former publisher of the national...
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another potential witness is a playboy model karen mcdougall who claims to have had a previous illicit affair with mr trump and said she was paid hush money by american media incorporated for her story forcing her to keep quiet, which brings me to the then chairman and ceo of that tabloid who was part of a catch and kill scheme to support mr trump's 2016 presidential run. he would essentially buy the rights to stories that would make trump look bad and then refused to publish them, to suppress the damaging information. he is expected to be the first witness called after the opening arguments. ads, to be the first witness called after the opening arguments.— to be the first witness called after the opening arguments. a slate of intriuuuin the opening arguments. a slate of intriguing potential— the opening arguments. a slate of intriguing potential witnesses - the opening arguments. a slate of intriguing potential witnesses that j intriguing potential witnesses that could be called over the coming days. we can show you live pictures of trump tower as we wait for donald trump to leave
another potential witness is a playboy model karen mcdougall who claims to have had a previous illicit affair with mr trump and said she was paid hush money by american media incorporated for her story forcing her to keep quiet, which brings me to the then chairman and ceo of that tabloid who was part of a catch and kill scheme to support mr trump's 2016 presidential run. he would essentially buy the rights to stories that would make trump look bad and then refused to publish them, to suppress...
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the two of them did speak about this alleged misstress karen mcdougal. i think the story should be purchased, i believe you could "buy or sell" it. trump said pecker did not like the idea but candidate trump said pecker would get back to him in due time. wasn't a good day for the former president. before proceedings had gotten underway, the judge was scolding him over his social meeta page, which the prosecution say had breached the gag order. if they were hoping that admonishment would exchange his behavior, they might be disappointed. >> i think the gag order is totally uncongress institutional. can't even allow articles to be put in. articles over the last day and a half saying the case is a sham and it shouldn't be retried or everyone submitted. to me, a gag is totally unconstitutional. i'm not allowed to talk to people and not allowed to talk about me and they're keeping me in a courtroom, that's freezing, by the way. in a courtroom all day long sitting up as straight as i can all day long because you know what, it's a very unfair situation. christi
the two of them did speak about this alleged misstress karen mcdougal. i think the story should be purchased, i believe you could "buy or sell" it. trump said pecker did not like the idea but candidate trump said pecker would get back to him in due time. wasn't a good day for the former president. before proceedings had gotten underway, the judge was scolding him over his social meeta page, which the prosecution say had breached the gag order. if they were hoping that admonishment...
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first with the playboy model, karen mcdougal. david packer on the stand said he had agreed with michael cohen to pay karen mcdougal at the direction of donald trump $150,000 to buy her story about an alleged affair. one of donald trump denies. michael cohen had a sheet -- had assured him that the bus will take care of it. he will be paid. but then david packer said after speaking to his general counsel about being reimbursed, he was told it was not a good idea. he told michael cohen, don't reimburse me. it is a bad idea. the deal is off. then we use the prosecution to bridge to the stormy daniels payment and tried to explain why, as they alledge, michael cohen made the payment to stormy daniels at donald trump's direction. that was one piece of it. but back to this issue of intent. you just have david packer placing donald trump's concerns about the election at the forefront of all of their conversations. even says after-the-fact that a dinner at the white house thinking, that donald trump asked david packer how is karen? when bo
first with the playboy model, karen mcdougal. david packer on the stand said he had agreed with michael cohen to pay karen mcdougal at the direction of donald trump $150,000 to buy her story about an alleged affair. one of donald trump denies. michael cohen had a sheet -- had assured him that the bus will take care of it. he will be paid. but then david packer said after speaking to his general counsel about being reimbursed, he was told it was not a good idea. he told michael cohen, don't...