Trump used White House to manage blowback from Karen McDougal allegations, tabloid boss testifies
by The Independent
The Independent— Trump kept tabs on a former Playboy model’s story from the Oval Office, David Pecker testified in court
The Independent—Tabloid boss testifies to Trump’s plan to bury Playboy model’s affair allegations: ‘The boss will take care of it’. Michael Cohen assured David Pecker that Donald Trump would ‘take care’ of a $150,000 payment to kill a story from Karen McDougal, the former National Enquirer publisher testified on Thursday
dailym.ai—National Enquirer boss David Pecker reveals Trump offered to take DNA test to debunk false claims of love child and Michael Cohen's 'agitated' response when Karen McDougal made affair allegations. In wide-ranging testimony National Enquirer boss David Pecker detailed how he had pledged to 'catch and kill' bad stories about Trump in the 2016 election campaign.
Washington Post—Hope Hicks testifies in Trump trial about White House, 2016 campaign. After a week of tabloid-focused testimony, Hope Hicks led Donald Trump’s jury through the whirlwind of the 2016 campaign and directly to the Oval Office.