Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker has disclosed that his outlet paid $150,000 for the rights to a story it never intended to publish. The story in question involved an alleged year-long affair between former President Trump and Playboy model Karen McDougal.
Pecker admitted that the payment was part of an agreement to 'catch and kill' negative stories about Trump before the 2016 election. He believed that news of the affair could have severely damaged Trump's campaign.
