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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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John Bowden

Manhattan grand jury looking into second Trump hush money payment to former Playboy model, report says

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The Manhattan grand jury empaneled as part of District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation into a hush payment made on Donald Trump’s behalf in 2016 is now reportedly looking at a second payment made to another woman – this time, a former Playboy model.

The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that the investigation has expanded, according to several sources close to the matter, into the “catch-and-kill” effort by the National Enquirer to silence another allegation of extramarital activities on behalf of Mr Trump in 2016. That effort, which occurred two months before the payment to Ms Daniels, was to former Playboy Playmate of the Year Karen McDougal.

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