CNN airs audio of Trump, Cohen discussing payment tied to former Playboy model
By Jacqueline Thomsen - 07/24/18 09:12 PM EDT
CNN obtained and aired on Tuesday audio of a conversation between President Trump and his former lawyer Michael Cohen surrounding a payment tied to a Playboy model alleging an affair with Trump.
The conversation confirms earlier reports that the men discussed buying the rights to the story of former Playboy model Karen McDougal's alleged affair with Trump. McDougal sold her story to American Media Inc., the publisher of the National Enquirer. The discussion took place in September 2016, in the lead-up to the presidential election.
Cohen, who secretly recorded the conversation, can be heard telling Trump that he needs “to open up a company for the transfer of all of that info regarding our friend David," likely referring to American Media Inc. head David Pecker.
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