In over two decades the american president reckon with the support of his close friend David Pecker, chairman of American Media Inc. (AMI), the company that among other things owns tabloidavisa the National Enquirer.
That he can no longer.
In fear of being prosecuted for crimes, have his Pecker agreed to cooperate with federal investigators that a closer look at payments that were made to quiet the negative stories about Trump.
Admits hysjpenger
Wednesday announced the prosecution rettsdokumenter as to suggest that this cooperation has borne fruit.
AMI have acknowledged that they have paid 150 000 dollars in the “hysjpenger” to former Playboy model Karen McDougal, who, in the course of the election campaign had plans to go out with claims that she had an affair with Trump.
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the Prosecution has further stated that the payout was made after a request from Michael Cohen, Trump’s then-personal lawyer, who on Wednesday was sentenced to three years in prison.
Also, Cohen has acknowledged that he provided for the payment of hysjpenger to McDougal and another, 130 000 dollars to pornostjernen Stormy Daniels, who also claimed to have had an affair with the president.
Cohen has further claimed that he made these payments, as commanded by Trump himself.
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Trump has on his page claimed stubbornly that Cohen acted on his own, and that he himself never has asked his former personal lawyer to break the law.
A source with knowledge of the matter, however, has a different version of the story. To CNN says the person that Trump in 2015 even participated in a meeting with his Pecker and Cohen in which they discussed a plan to protect Trump from potentially harmful articles in the election.
Trumps participation at the meeting was first noted by the Wall Street Journal in november. They wrote that his Pecker was asked by Trump during the meeting about what he could do to help the election campaign of his.
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In the court records is not mentioned Trump by name. Instead, it is just called that Cohen, Pecker, and “one or more” involved in Trumps campaigning participated at the meeting in august 2015.
Unclear whether Trump can sieved
Even if the prosecution believes that Trump has been involved in a violation of the law, have they not accused him directly of having broken the law. Moreover, it is still unclear whether they can take out charges against a sitting president even if they wish it.
They, however, beginning to form a clearer picture of how the Trumps valgkampteam operated in advance of the presidential election in 2016.
– Now you have a second group of accused who says that it was paid hysjpenger mainly with the purpose to influence the outcome of the election, and that this was done in collaboration with Trump and his valgkampteam, ” says Rick Hasen, an expert on valgkamploven, at the University of California.
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