Update: Audio of Trump discussing payment for former Playboy model Karen McDougal's story about her affair with Trump. The audio contradicts the Trump campaign's claim that Donald knew nothing about paying media companies to keep McDougal's story from getting out.
You can listen to the full audio above.
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Donald Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen secretly recorded the president discussing a settlement payment with former Playboy model, Karen McDougal, ahead of the 2016 election. The Department of Justice is looking into alleged hush money paid to women who claim they had an affair with Trump in the lead up to the election.
McDougal previously claimed that she sold her story to the National Enquirer, who paid her $115,000 and banned her from talking publicly about the affair. She said that she felt tricked into silence by the Enquirer, which is owned by David Pecker, Trump's longtime friend.
The tapes were discovered in an F.B.I. raid of Cohen's property earlier this year. In the recording, Cohen and Trump discuss buying the rights to the contract from AMI, the parent company of the Enquirer. Experts say that the payment could be considered a campaign contribution if payment was made to influence the election, regardless if it came from campaign funds.
Source: CNN
