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“Pay in cash”: at his trial, Donald Trump faced with an embarrassing recording

“Pay in cash”.

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“Pay in cash”: at his trial, Donald Trump faced with an embarrassing recording

“Pay in cash”. These words, coming from the mouth of the former president, resonated in the courtroom of the court in Lower Manhattan on Thursday, May 2, as reported by the American media present. During this new week of Donald Trump's trial in the Stormy Daniels affair, the recording of a conversation between the real estate mogul and his former lawyer Michael Cohen was broadcast in the room. Plunging him even further into turmoil.

“Great phone call, by the way. Great,” the recording begins. It's the voice of Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former lawyer, who continues: "I have to open a transfer company for all this information about our friend David, you know... So that... . I will do it right away,” he continues. “And I talked to Allen Weisselberg about how to put this whole thing together,” he says, referring to the former Trump Organization CFO.

Suddenly, Trump’s voice rang out: “So what do we have to pay for this? 150?”, he retorts. “Yes, and it’s for all things,” Michael Cohen responds. “So I take care of all that. And I talked to Allen about it, when we have to finance this…” “Wait, what do you mean, finance? » replies Trump. The lawyer repeats: “We’ll have to pay him something. » Donald Trump then says: “Pay in cash”. “No no no, I’m managing the situation,” concludes Michael Cohen.

This conversation, recorded on September 6, 2016 - two months before the presidential election - appears to refer to the payment of David Pecker - former tabloid boss - to Karen McDougal, a Playboy model with whom Trump had a relationship. The 72-year-old man was the first witness called to the stand. He said he bought the exclusivity of the testimony so that it would not be published elsewhere. “We didn’t want it to embarrass Mr. Trump or affect his campaign,” he said.

The former President of the United States is being prosecuted for concealing in the accounts of his group, the Trump Organization, another payment of $130,000, under the guise of “legal fees”, to buy the silence of the former star of the X Stormy Daniels at the end of the 2016 campaign. She also claimed to have had a sexual relationship with the candidate in 2006, when he was already married to his wife Melania Trump. A relationship denied by the former real estate mogul.

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