remained silent on the matter. in fact, soon after the story broke, melania trump canceled a previously announced trip to switzerland with her husband, quietly visited the holocaust museum in d.c., and made an unexplained solo trip to mar-a-lago. the white house telling cnn the first lady is entitled to some privacy. instead of the vulgar headlines and talk of hush money, mrs. trump has remained focussed on her duties as first lady and at least at times keeping her distance from the president. the stormy cloud hung over the president s state of the union address with the first lady arriving separately from the president, a break with longstanding tradition. that was january 30th. and the first couple hadn t been seen together at an official public event since new year s eve. weeks later in mid-february news of another alleged affair from 2006 with a former playboy play mate. trump denied it but after the story broke as the couple
address with the first lady arriving separately from the president. a break with long standing tradition. that was january 30th. and the first couple hadn t been seen together at an official public event since new year s eve. weeks later, in mid february, news of another alleged affair from 2006 with a former playboy play mate. trump denied it but as the couple broke heading to mar-a-lago the first lady took her own motorcade to andrews air force base. where she met her husband on air force one. that same month mrs. trump appeared briefly with the president after the shooting in parkland, florida. and she also went along on a day trip to ohio though she skipped his speech instead taking a motorcade to cincinnati children s hospital. the couple met up again on board the flight home. reports that stormy daniels received a payoff reportedly blind sided the first lady which
howie: a piece last week at the new yorker. mcdougal is a former playboy play mate. and the centerpiece of the story is 8 pages of her handwritten notes. mcdoug alps notes were written a decade later during the 2016 cam pawn or since then. first there was a tale that it was written on a notebook written on a notebook that wasn t manufactured until 2016. the article makes clear the idea to sell her story to american
howie: a piece last week at the new yorker. mcdougal is a former playboy play mate. and the centerpiece of the story is 8 pages of her handwritten notes. mcdoug alps notes were written a decade later during the 2016 cam pawn or since then. first there was a tale that it was written on a notebook written on a notebook that wasn t manufactured until 2016. the article makes clear the idea to sell her story to american
commercial. you referred to it as the machinery. that s what it was. i want you to explain to the people how around the time trump was running for president how there were stories of previous alleged sexual what s the word i m looking for indiscretions where he was alleged to have been involved and they wanted to have it end. right. explain. in the last several weeks there s been attention paid to trump s personal attorney michael cohen. yes. finally admitted he facilitated a payment to a playboy play mate to basically keep her silence. to prevent her from telling her story. that was the porn star. excuse me. not the playmate. stormy daniels, the porn star. right. what we have realized in the course of the investigation is that basically the efforts to cover up and silence potentially damaging stories about trump