payment, the karen mcdougal story, which she spoke to me first and then to anderson in the firstati tv interview, and says her story was suppressed, and i ve seen some of those contracts and that appears to be the case. and now it seems like in the karen mcdougal case there was a catch and kill. but it s interesting ami saying it s not true, but why on earth would they pay $30,000 and then have an extra clause on top it for what was it? a million dollars. all i can say is that the ami sources who spoke to us in this story were very consistent in saying that million dollar addition to the contract, that he would suffer this extraordinary penalty if he spoke was unusual. here s what ami is saying. they released a statement saying in part, ami categorically denies that donald trump or
it for how much was it? a million dollars. all i can say is that the ami sources who spoke to us in this story were very consistent in saying that that million dollar addition to the contract, that he would suffer this extraordinary penalty if he spoke was unusual. that was not par for the course for these kinds of sources. here s what ami is saying. they released a statement saying in part, ami categorically denies that donald trump or michael cohen had anything to do with its decision not to pursue a story about a love child. that it determined was not credible. the suggestion that david pecker has ever used company funds to shut down the story or any investigation is not true. what s your response to that? we have from multiple sources the claim that michael cohen was directly involved and had conversations about this. michael cohen did not respond or take kindly when we called him. but we will see i think over time just how much evidence there is behind him being directly inv
digital files and replayed them for colleagues. he declined to comment as nbc news is learning that they re seeking communications between cohen and two executives of american media, david pecker and dylan howard oversee the national enkwiquirer. in a statement ami categorically denied that donald trump or michael cohen had anything to do with its decision not to pursue a story, that it determined was not credible. and the ripple effect of the cohen raid is coming into view changing the white house s approach to the special counsel s investigation. nbc news s national security and justice reporter yulia ainsley has more on that. that s right, nbc news learned that talks between mueller s team and trump s legal team broke down earlier this week after trump learned that his personal lawyer, michael cohen, had his offices raided. what this means is that the president has gotten frustrated.
request for all communication with david pecker who owns the national inquirer and is a close personal friend of the president. as well as dylan howard, the chief content officer. i think investigators are getting into this pattern where more than a few folks who have negative information on president trump ahead of the election seemed not to have the stories told. reporter: in a statement the national inquirer s owners write ami categorically denies that donald trump or michael cohen had anything to do with the decision not to pursue a story it determined was not credibility. the suggestion that mr. pecker had ever used company funds to shut down this or any investigation is not true. former playboy model karen mcdoogl accuses the national inquirer doing the same thing with her affair with trump paying her $150,000 for the rights to the details and giving her a short-lived fitness
i will csay a very important angle is david pepper, the man that is a publisher at ami, we know he s a very big supporter of donald trump and very close to donald trump and he s viewed as someone who would have incentive to help kill a story about someone running for president. he s denying all of this took place. i want to read a part of his statement or a statement from ami. it says ami categorically denies donald trump or michael cohen had anything to do with its decision not to pursue a story about a love child that it determined it was not credible. the suggestion that david pecker has ever used any company found shut down this investigation is not true. categorically denying this catch and kill happened. let s bring in david chalian