Late in 2015, a former Trump Tower doorman named Dino Sajudin met with a reporter from American Media, Inc., the publisher of the National Enquirer, at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania.http://nyer.cm/8cqm7da
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But shortly after Sajudin signed his contract, the C.E.O. of A.M.I., David Pecker (who is friends with Trump) ordered the reporters to stop investigating, sources said: http://nyer.cm/8cqm7da pic.twitter.com/x1qACprQ0f
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A.M.I.’s $30,000 payment to Sajudin appears to be the third instance of Trump associates paying to suppress embarrassing stories about the candidate during the 2016 Presidential race.http://nyer.cm/8cqm7da
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In August, 2016, A.M.I. paid Karen McDougal, a former Playboy model, $150,000 for her story about a nine-month affair with Trump, and then never published an article about it: http://nyer.cm/p7C7whO pic.twitter.com/P31NIZExCk
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In October, 2016, Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, paid Stephanie Clifford, an adult-film actress who performs under the name Stormy Daniels, $130,000 to keep her account of an affair with Trump secret: http://nyer.cm/XmNciMe pic.twitter.com/xW6t4XGdWc
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Two former A.M.I. employees said they believed that Cohen was in close contact with A.M.I. executives while the company’s reporters were looking into Sajudin’s story: http://nyer.cm/8cqm7da pic.twitter.com/gFcYgr6jnE
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Although many of the A.M.I. sources
@ronanfarrow spoke with expressed skepticism about Sajudin’s claims, all six agreed that A.M.I. made a concerted effort to shut down the story: http://nyer.cm/8cqm7da pic.twitter.com/5bDOvfsooC
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A.M.I. later attempted to prevent other outlets from reporting on the story or the company’s payout.http://nyer.cm/8cqm7da
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Isn’t the national enquirer that rag that reports shit like aliens landed on earth ....
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