Manhattan prosecutors say that they will present a recorded phone call between Michael Cohen and Donald Trump to support their claim that the the former president engaged in a “criminal conspiracy” to silence his accusers ahead of the 2016 election.
During his opening statement Monday, prosecutor Matthew Colangelo told the jury that Playboy model Karen McDougal was paid $150,000 for the right to her own story of an alleged affair with Trump, CNN reported. Colangelo argued that Trump not only knew about the McDougal payoff, but he also “desperately” wanted to keep it from public knowledge because “he was concerned about the election.”
