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American Media Inc., the parent company of National Enquirer, has agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors in New York, the Justice Department said in a statement released on Wednesday.
AMI admitted to having paid $ 150,000 to a woman. "in concert with" President Trump 
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Karen McDougal, a former Playboy model, was paid $ 150,000 in 2016 by publishers of the National Enquirer for exclusive rights over her story regarding her alleged affair with Trump. The investigator never afterwards told the story.
The National Enquirer buys McDougal's history rights "to suppress the woman's history in order to prevent her from influencing the election," according to prosecutors , who did not mention McDougal by name. 19659002] In August, Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty to having facilitated a payment of $ 150,000 at the same time as the payment of the National Enquirer, in violation of the laws on the financing of election campaigns.
Federal prosecutors declared this payment to one another woman alleging a relationship with Trump, was made "in coordination with and under the direction of" Trump.
Cohen was sentenced Wednesday to 36 months in prison for various offenses, including payments.
Because of their cooperation, AMI will not be sued for its role in payment.
AMI is committed to communicating to prosecutors "written standards regarding federal election laws" and "to cooperate in the future" with prosecutors, in accordance with the agreement announced Wednesday.
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