Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Potential payment to Kathleen Mcdougal before it took place. So that is obviously at odds with the president saying that he learned about it later. Still lots of questions here, lots of unresolved issues, and the white house, a stressful day at the lectern for sarah sanders, i think, given the number of questions which she really did not have anything that she could go to beyond the prepared statement of he has done nothing wrong, there are no charges against him. Kelly, thanks very much for that. Kelly odonnell at the white house. Michael cohens guilty plea sheds light on the timeline of Hush Money Payments made to women who President Trump is accused of having affairs with before the campaign. This Isnt The Salacious Gossip it once was, this is part of a pattern of trump. According to the new yorker, Playboy Model Karen Mcdougal signed a Nondisclosure Agreement with American Media incorporated, the parent compan
of the national enquirer. she received $150,000 owned by trump friend david pecker to keep quiet about her alleged affair with trump. two months later, october 7th, americans heard the access hollywood tape in which mr. trump brags about assaulting women. later that month on the 27th, michael cohen paid adult film star stormy daniels $130,000 to keep her affair with the presidential candidate quiet. the next day daniels siengned a nda covering the affair and the payment. 11 days after that donald trump was elected president of the united states. he created fake invoices, the same day the president asked james comey to let the flynn matter go. on april 5th of this year the president told reporters he didn t know about the payments cohen arranged. a month later on may 3rd, he finally acknowledged he did know