Even More People Were in on Trump’s Hush-Money Scheme Than We Knew

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Even More People Were in on Trump’s Hush-Money Scheme Than We Knew

Donald Trump’s old friend David Pecker is still dishing the dirt on the stand in the real estate mogul’s New York hush money trial, revealing on Thursday that the decision to catch and kill former Playboy model Karen McDougal’s story about having a lurid affair with Trump was later re-approved by top members of his presidential administration.Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer and former CEO of its parent company, American Med…