Udgiver af tabloidavis diskuterede tys-tys-penge med Trump

udgiver af tabloidavis diskuterede tys-tys-penge med trump

Trump har i tys-tys-sagen erklæret sig ikke skyldig i samlet 34 tiltalepunkter om forfalskning af regnskabsmateriale.

Den tidligere udgiver af tabloidavisen National Enquirer David Pecker vidnede torsdag ved et retsmøde i den såkaldte tys-tys-sag mod ekspræsidenten Donald Trump.

Det skete under et retsmøde i den amerikanske storby New York.

Her lød det fra Pecker, at han forud for præsidentvalget i 2016 diskuterede med Trump og Trumps advokat, hvem der skulle betale kvinder for at tie, hvis de lå inde med historier, der kunne skade Trumps chance for at blive valgt.

Det skal have drejet sig om kvinder, der hævdede at have haft seksuelle oplevelser med Trump.

Torsdag var Peckers anden dag som vidne i sagen. Her kom der yderligere beviser frem for, at den tidligere udgiver arbejdede som Trumps “øjne og ører” for at undertrykke historier, der kunne skade Trumps valgkamp.

Det skete samtidig med, at Trump fra flere sider blev anklaget for seksuelt krænkende adfærd.

Tys-tys-sagen som helhed handler om bogføringen af et beløb, som pornoskuespilleren Stormy Daniels angiveligt fik udbetalt for at holde tæt om sin relation med Trump inden valget i 2016.

Betaling af såkaldte tys-tys-penge er ikke i sig selv ulovligt, men Trump er tiltalt for forfalskning af regnskabsmateriale. Han nægter sig skyldig.

David Pecker er ikke tiltalt i sagen.

72-årige Pecker sagde torsdag, at American Media, som ejer National Enquirer, betalte den tidligere Playboy-model Karen McDougal for hendes historie om, at hun angiveligt havde en affære med Trump i 2006 og 2007.

Avisen offentliggjorde ikke historien, men sikrede med betalingen til modellen at konkurrerende medier heller ikke ville skrive den.

Pecker fortalte desuden, at han underrettede Trumps advokat Michael Cohen, da han hørte, at Stormy Daniels ledte efter nogen, der ville købe hendes historie om en påstået affære i 2006 – eller betale hende for at tie om den.

– Jeg tænkte, at historien skulle tages af markedet, og hvis nogen skulle købe den, skulle det være Michael Cohen og Donald Trump, siger han.

Ifølge Pecker pressede Michael Cohen på for, at Pecker skulle betale Stormy Daniels, men Pecker ville ikke involveres, når det drejede sig om en pornoskuespiller.

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