26/ PLEASE NOTE:
If there are typos, they’re not mine.
I’m copying/pasting a number of reporters from 2 different platforms.
I do not have time to go back and correct.
26/ PLEASE NOTE:
If there are typos, they’re not mine.
I’m copying/pasting a number of reporters from 2 different platforms.
I do not have time to go back and correct.
27/ Klasfeld:
The prosecutor describes three "catch-and-kill" operations.
The first payoff went to Dino Sajudin, who had been hawking a false story that Trump fathered a child out-of-wedlock.
Pecker was acting, in that scheme, had been acting as a "co-conspirator," Colangelo says.
28/ Klasfeld:
When AMI determined later that Mr. Sajudin's allegations weren't even true, Cohen instructed Pecker to delay releasing him from the non-disclosure agreement until after the 2016 election, the prosecutor tells the jury.
Next up: Karen McDougal.
McDougal said that she had a romantic and sexual relationship with Trump, while he was married, that lasted for roughly a year.
29/ Klasfeld:
"The evidence will show that the defendant desperately did not want this information about Karen McDougal to become public" because he was concerned about how it would affect the election, Colangelo says.
30/ Klasfeld:
"The evidence will show that the defendant desperately did not want this information about Karen McDougal to become public" because he was concerned about how it would affect the election, Colangelo says.
"You will see the flurry of text messages, the barrage of phone calls" about the desire to silence Karen McDougal's story.
David Pecker is reportedly set to be the first witness, and the prosecutor promises the jury that they will hear him testify.
31/ Press:
Prosecutor: Howard told Cohen he thought the allegations were true. They all discussed it. Pecker agreed AMI would pay $150,000 for the story. AMI added other terms, Ms. McDougal would appear on the cover. But it was hush money
👉🏼You will hear David Pecker testify about his conversations with Donald Trump about McDougal. But Trump didn't pay, and Pecker was frustrated. Cohen recorded a conversation with Donald Trump. You will here it. Cohen spoke with Allen Weiselberg