As part of the agreement, AMI admitted to having made a payment of US $ 150,000 in cooperation with members of Trump's presidential campaign to prevent the former-old Playboy model, Karen McDougal, only goes public during the 2016 race. 19659002] The president of the MAI, David Pecker, is a long-time friend of Trump, and the Enquirer was One of the most reliable and enthusiastic media reminders during the campaign.
Pecker met Cohen "and at least one other member of the campaign" in August. In 2015, according to the non-prosecution agreement, which had been concluded with prosecutors of the US District Attorney's Office of New York South District.
"During the meeting, Pecker offered his help to deal with the negative stories about this presidential candidate's relationship with women, including helping the campaign to identify such stories so they could buy them. and avoid their publication, "reads the agreement. "Pecker agreed to keep Cohen informed of such negative stories."
The details of the payment to McDougal appeared in 2016, just days before the election, when the Wall Street Journal announced its agreement with Enquirer. At the time, AMI had insisted that "she did not pay people to kill damaging stories about Mr. Trump". The announced agreement has attracted more attention early this year, following an article published by The New Yorker, which has shed light on the tabloid's practice of "catching". kill ", according to which a publication buys an article only so that it is not broadcast. McDougal has signed a contract worth US $ 150,000, granting AMI "the exclusive ownership of his account of any romantic or personal relationship that he has ever had with a" man married to at the time, "reported the New Yorker.
The non-suit agreement comes the same day Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison for his role in the case.
19659003] In a statement, the SDNY said: "Assuming that AMI continues to abide by the agreement, the Bureau has decided not to pursue AMI for its role in this payment."
A door of the AMI refused to comment.
