President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, worked out a plan to buy decades’ worth of negative stories about his client from the National Enquirer, The New York Times reports.
For the past two decades, the tabloid has reportedly collected stories on Trump without planning to release them, a process known as "catch and kill." The National Enquirer is owned by American Media, the chairman of which is Trump ally David Pecker. Cohen hinted at the idea of buying all the dirt the tabloid had on his client in a recorded conversation he had with Trump, saying, "I need to open up a company for the transfer of all of that info, regarding our friend David."
Cohen adds, "It’s all the stuff — all the stuff, because you never know."
The report comes not long after Cohen pleaded guilty to a host of charges, including campaign finance violations related to hush money payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal.
"The only thing better than a single piece of evidence is multiple pieces of evidence," attorney Jeff Tsai, a former Justice Department lawyer in the public integrity section, told the Times.
"Look to whom the government is reportedly giving immunity to," he added. "Those individuals are the ones who would have knowledge about what, if anything, the campaign at the highest, or lowest, or any level in between had on this issue."
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