On Tuesday, April 23, Kaitlan Collins spoke about former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker and how he allegedly hid the ex- president's affairs while at the magazine.
"And obviously this is going to be a really sensitive moment in this trial, which is how personal this will be for Donald Trump. Karen McDougal is one of the most personal parts of this because she alleged not only that they had an affair, she said they had a relationship," Collins claimed. "And this was something that when, I know from covering the White House and covering Melania Trump, it was deeply upsetting for the first, the former first lady, Melania Trump, and it created a rift in the relationship between her and Donald Trump. Everyone talks about Stormy Daniels and yes, that certainly was there as well. But Karen McDougal I, we were told at the time, agitated Melania Trump more so, actually, than Stormy Daniels had."
Paula Reid also chimed in, noting that Trump and Daniels' alleged relationship appeared to be "transactional," and the adult film star was only talk to him because she wanted to be on The Apprentice .
"And once it’s clear that wasn’t going to happen, she sort of dropped him," Reid stated. "The Karen McDougal — as she tells the story , it was, you know, from her viewpoint, a romantic relationship that went on for some time, traveling together. It was much more of an intimate relationship, again, according to her account of events. So, it’s completely understanding why that would be frustrating and annoying to Melania and something that Trump would not want out in the public."
According to Pecker, ex-editor-in-chief of the National Enquirer Dylan Howard called him in June 2016 about a Playboy model trying to sell the story about the relationship she had with Trump for a year.
"I would imagine that she is pushing him to make this stop. I would imagine that she would push him to go on the stand and defend himself because this is very, very embarrassing for her. It's humiliating for her, and I can guarantee you that she's not happy right now and that he's quite worried about that," former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said during an interview with CNN.
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