reported negative stories people close to mr. trump seemingly tried to kill in the lead up to the election. davidson is connected to two. one is stormy daniels. her so-called hush agreement started with a call to davidson from michael cohen. >> he said, hey, remember that matter we dealt with in 2011, it's resurfacing again. can you find out what's going on? >> in 2011 davidson says he worked for daniels to successfully remove an online story about her and donald trump. >> it's been reported that she wanted a story that was written about her on a tabloid website taken down. >> was that story involving donald trump in the alleged affair? >> yes. >> the white house denies there was ever any relationship between trump and daniels. but both daniels and michael cohen agree she was paid