In the middle of the 2016 presidential campaign, #Trump called David #Pecker, publisher of The National Enquirer. The candidate was seeking advice about a fmr #PlayboyModel who was trying to sell her story of an affair w/him, Pecker told jurors.

Pecker suggested a way to silence the model, #KarenMcDougal. “I think that the story should be purchased,” he said he told Trump. “And I believe that you should buy it.”

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This is the epitome of #CatchAndKill & #Pecker said several times in different ways that he was acting on #Trump's behalf.

#Steinglass moved on to the 2nd catch-&-kill deal, involving fmr #PlayboyModel #KarenMcDougal.

Pecker testified that he asked #DylanHoward, the fmr editor of The #NationalEnquirer, to investigate #McDougal's story & that he told #MichaelCohen he had done so.

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Colangelo is now describing the 2nd “#CatchAndKill” deal in question, relating to #KarenMcDougal, a fmr #PlayboyModel who said she had an affair w/ #Trump. #Colangelo says evidence will show that Trump “desperately” didn’t want that info public. “Before the meeting, during the meeting, after the meeting,” Colangelo says, #NationalEnquirer publisher was in touch w/ #MichaelCohen, putting this deal right at Trump’s doorstep.

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