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Why David Pecker bought doorman's phony story about Trump having illegitimate child
By Kyle Schnitzer

David Pecker said that he bought a doorman's phony story claiming Donald Trump had an illegitimate child because it would have been an embarrassment to Trump's 2016 presidential run.

"It would have been very embarrassing for the campaign," he said about the article getting out.

Pecker agreed to pay doorman, Dino Sajudin, $30,000 for exclusive rights to the story, Pecker testified.

He said that if he had purchased the story, it would have been the tabloids most popular story since Elvis Presley's death.

“If I thought it was true, it would have probably been the biggest sale of the National Enquirer since the death of Elvis Presley," Pecker said.

At one point, Michael Cohen offered that Trump would take a DNA test that would show he's not the father because Trump is German-Irish and not Hispanic like the woman in question. But Pecker said he assured him that would not be necessary.

"I said I believe it's a big story, and I believe it's important that it should be removed from the market," Pecker recalled of a convo with Cohen.

Cohen responded that “the boss will be very pleased,” Pecker says. He testified earlier that Cohen had referred to Trump as "the boss."

Pecker said that he later learned that the story was "100% not true."