On Friday it was reported that Trump’s former attorney, Michael Cohen, has a recording of the conversation he had with President Trump and the payment made to a former Playboy model.
According to Fox News:
Attorney Michael Cohen recorded a conversation with President Trump before the election in which they discussed possible payments to a former Playboy model who claimed she slept with Trump, a source familiar with the investigation confirmed to Fox News.
The source told Fox News that no payment was ever made.
The New York Times first reported that the FBI seized the recording during a raid earlier this year on Cohen’s office as part of an investigation into the former Trump lawyer’s payments to women to shut down stories about his client leading up to the 2016 election — a practice known as “catch-and-kill.”
The Wall Street Journal reported in November 2016 that McDougal was paid $150,000 by American Media Inc. — the parent company to the National Enquirer — for the rights to the story, but it never ran. McDougal has sued AMI, alleging Cohen was secretly involved in those discussions. The lawsuit was settled in April.
Trump’s current lawyer, Rudy Giuliani responded by saying the tape in no way implicates President Trump and payment was never made.
