UPDATE: Jurors in the Trump hush money trial got a glimpse at how National Enquirer won the rights to former Playboy model Karen McDougal’s story of an alleged affair with The Apprentice host — all for the purpose of making sure that the claim never saw the light of day.
Texts seen by jurors today between Keith Davidson, a lawyer for former Playboy model Karen McDougal, and Dylan Howard, editor in chief of the National Enquirer, showed the negotiations over rights to McDougal’s “blockbuster” story of the affair. “I have a blockbuster Trump story,” Davidson texted Howard on June 7, 2016.
On the witness stand in Trump’s hush-money trial, Davidson said he was referring to McDougal’s claim of a romantic and sexual relationship with the soon-to-be GOP presidential nominee.
When he offered more details later on, Howard texted, “I would get you more than ANYONE for it. You know why.” Asked by Assistant District Attorney Joshua Steinglass what Howard meant by that, Davidson said, “I knew that Dylan’s boss, David Pecker, and Mr.
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