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The recording indicates an attempt to silence a woman who reportedly kept a case with Trump in 2006, shortly after his wife gave birth
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The American President's Lawyer Donald Trump The President Donald Trump's Lawyer, Michael Cohen (Jonathan Ernst / Reuters)
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July 20, 2018, 2:04 pm [19659006]] Michael Cohen, secretly recorded a conversation that he had with his client two months before the presidential election. In conversation, Trump and Cohen discuss payments made to an old Playboy model who said they had an affair with Trump.
Citing "Lawyers and Other Persons Familiar with the Recording", the publication indicates that the FBI confiscated audio at a magazine in Cohen's office ] 19659009] The Department of Justice investigates the involvement of the lawyer in the payments made to women who claimed to have linked to Trump in the past. The goal was to prevent them from spreading embarrbading news about the president before the 2016 elections.
Prosecutors are now discovering whether these deposits violate federal laws on campaign financing.
considered a key element in the investigation and, according to the US newspaper, showed a willingness to cooperate with prosecutors.
Rudolph W. Giuliani Trump's personal attorney, confirmed during a telephone conversation to the publication that Trump had discussed payments with Cohen on tape but said that they Have never been done.
"Nothing in this conversation suggests that he knew it in advance," Giuliani said, adding that Trump had asked Cohen that, if he was making a payment related to the woman he should do it with a check, not in cash, so that the transaction can be properly documented
"In the grand scheme of things, they are powerful evidence of defense," said Giuliani. Cohen's lawyers discovered the recording as part of their examination of the seized material
The publication does not explicitly mention the identity of the woman, but suggests that it could be the old model Playboy. Karen McDougal . She had publicly stated that she had had a nearly one-year trial with the US president in 2006, shortly after Trump's wife, Melania, gave birth to her son Barron.
During the final months of the 2016 presidential campaign, McDougal sold his story for $ 150,000 to The National Enquirer controlled by a company owned by a personal friend of Trump, David J. Packer .
The tabloid never published the story, preventing it from becoming public and silencing McDougal for the rest of the campaign. The old model accused Cohen of joining the deal.
