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Former President Donald Trump, left, watches as David Pecker answers questions on the witness stand, far right, from Assistant District Attorney Joshua Steingless, in Manhattan criminal court, April 23, 2024, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP) ** FILE **

Tabloid exec David Pecker dishes in Trump trial about Karen McDougal, Stormy Daniels payoffs

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - This combination of file photo shows, from left, President Donald Trump, attorney Michael Cohen and adult film actress Stormy Daniels. Search warrants unsealed Thursday, July 18, 2019, shed new light on the president's role as his campaign scrambled to respond to media inquiries about hush money paid to two women who said they had affairs with him. The investigation involved payments Cohen helped orchestrate to Daniels and Playboy centerfold Karen McDougal. (AP Photo/File)

Records detail frenetic effort to bury stories about Trump

By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump pauses as he talks to media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, for the short trip to Andrews Air Force Base en route to Philadelphia to attend the Army-Navy Football Game. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Donald Trump prosecution in question after Michael Cohen Justice Department court filing

By Michael Balsamo - Associated Press

President Donald Trump talks to media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, for the short trip to Andrews Air Force Base en route to Philadelphia to attend the Army-Navy Football Game. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Whether a president can be prosecuted remains in dispute

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

President Donald Trump arrives to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Air Force Tech. Sgt. John A. Chapman, for conspicuous gallantry during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump faces threats from friends, foes and places yet known

By LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press

Michael Cohen, former lawyer to President Donald Trump, departs following his appearance in Federal Court on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018, in New York. Cohen, has pleaded guilty to charges including campaign finance fraud stemming from hush money payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels and ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)

Timeline: From ‘nothing to see here’ to Cohen’s guilty pleas

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President Donald Trump arrives to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Air Force Tech. Sgt. John A. Chapman, for conspicuous gallantry during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Cohen, Mueller, Stone, more: Unknown perils hang over Trump

By LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press

Michael Cohen, former lawyer to President Donald Trump, departs following his appearance in Federal Court on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018, in New York. Cohen, has pleaded guilty to charges including campaign finance fraud stemming from hush money payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels and ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)

How the case of former Trump fixer Michael Cohen went down

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Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer to President Donald Trump, leaves his apartment building, in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

The Latest: Lawyer: Cohen has info for special counsel

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FILE - In this Tuesday, July 24, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump waves as he walks on the South Lawn after stepping off Marine One at the White House, in Washington. Trump was recorded by his longtime personal lawyer discussing a potential payment for a former Playboy model's account of having an affair with him, and at one point can be heard saying &quot;pay with cash.&quot; (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump recorded discussing paying for Playboy model’s story

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 26, 2018 file photo, Michael Cohen leaves federal court in New York. President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer secretly recorded Trump discussing payments to a former Playboy model who said she had an affair with him, The New York Times reported Friday, July 20. The president's current personal lawyer confirmed the conversation and said it showed Trump did nothing wrong, according to the Times. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Trump was taped talking of paying for Playboy model’s story

By ERIC TUCKER and JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

FILE - This July 12, 2017, file photo shows the cover of an issue of the National Enquirer featuring President Donald Trump at a store in New York. Karen McDougal, a former Playboy model who said she had a 10-month affair with President Donald Trump, settled her lawsuit Wednesday, April 18, 2018, with a supermarket tabloid over an agreement that prohibited her from discussing the relationship publicly. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Ex-Playboy model settles lawsuit over alleged Trump affair

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with governors and lawmakers in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Thursday, April 12, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Dino Sajudin, Trump doorman, paid $30,000 by National Enquirer owner

By Jake Pearson and Jeff Horwitz - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, April 11, 2018, photo, Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, walks along a sidewalk in New York. The company that publishes the National Enquirer paid a former doorman at one of Trump’s New York skyscrapers $30,000 during the presidential campaign for a tip about Trump it never ran. Dino Sajudin signed a contract with American Media Inc. that barred him from discussing his tip with anyone. Cohen acknowledged to the AP that he had discussed Sajudin’s story with the magazine when the tabloid was working on it. He said he was acting as a Trump spokesman when he did so and denied knowing anything beforehand about the Enquirer payment to the ex-doorman. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

$30,000 rumor? Tabloid paid for, spiked, salacious Trump tip

By JAKE PEARSON and JEFF HORWITZ - Associated Press

In this March 19, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump, accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, on his return from a trip to New Hampshire. Former Playboy model Karen McDougal apologized to Melania Trump for a 10-month affair she claims she had with President Trump that started with him offering her money after the first time they had sex. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Former Playboy model says Trump tried to pay her after sex

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

Karen McDougal sorry to Melania Trump about alleged Donald Trump affair

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Karen McDougal, Playboy Playmate, sues to discuss Donald Trump affair

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Ex-Playboy model wants to discuss alleged Trump relationship

Associated Press

In this Feb. 14, 2018 photo, President Donald Trump speaks about domestic violence during a working session regarding the opportunity zones provided by tax reform in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The New Yorker has obtained an eight-page, hand-written account written by a former Playboy Playmate who said she had a nine-month extramarital affair with Donald Trump beginning in 2006. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Magazine obtains ex-playmate’s notes on alleged Trump affair

By JAKE PEARSON and JEFF HORWITZ - Associated Press

This is a Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016 file photo of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Miami. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

National Enquirer is sitting on story of alleged affair between Trump and Playboy model: Report

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times