decades. mr. trunk, his lawyer michael cohen and mr. pecker have strategized protecting him. and in june, it was reported that ami had been subpoenaed by federal prosecutors related to the mcdougal payment. there is a closeness here that extends back to well before donald trump was a political character. >> and speaks to trump's history of coddling or cozying up to gossip writers. he maintained close relationships with the people who wrote those columns and he would doll oe out pieces of