Judge Rules Ex-Playboy Model Karen McDougal Who Claims She Had Affair With Trump Can Testify in Hush Money Trial
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg accused Trump of "explicitly" directing Cohen, who worked for the Trump Organization at the time, to reimburse the National Enquirer 's publisher, American Media Inc., in cash. Cohen is said to have told the ex-president that the payment should be made through a shell company instead.