Karen McDougal, the Playboy model linked to Trump's criminal case

This is Karen McDougal
She was allegedly seeing Trump in 2006 and 2007
McDougal's case added to Trump's indictment
Witnesses talked about Karen McDougal
Very similar cases and, with the same route?
Similar but different numbers
McDougal wanted to sell her story to The National Enquirer
$150,000
Never published
Agreement between Trump and the Enquirer?
Friendly relationship
It was already investigated in 2018
Guilt admission?
Target: White House
He just had a child at the time of the affairs
Revelations would have hurt his campaign
Michael Cohen, scapegoat...
... and now a collaborator against Trump
Cohen talks freely about the incidents
This is Karen McDougal

Legal problems have multiplied for Donald Trump in the district of Manhattan. In fact, there are 34 counts of falsifying business records against the former president. One of these counts involves an unnamed woman who allegedly received hush money from the mogul. She is widely assumed to be Karen McDougal, a former P l a y b o y model.

She was allegedly seeing Trump in 2006 and 2007

Karen McDougal says that, between 2006 and 2007, she had an extramarital affair with Donald Trump.

McDougal's case added to Trump's indictment

As reported by The Wall Street Journal, Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg has investigated whether McDougal received the same kind of hush payment as Stormy Daniels, to keep quiet about the affair during the presidential campaign of Donald Trump in 2016.

Witnesses talked about Karen McDougal

The Manhattan Grand Jury, the same one that voted to indict Donald Trump for bribing Stormy Daniels, heard the testimony of two witnesses who offered information about the Karen McDougal case.

Very similar cases and, with the same route?

Based on the similarities of both cases, everything indicates that the Karen McDougal case will take a path similar to that involving Stormy Daniels. Of course, it remains to be seen how Trump will be judged in court for both missteps.

Similar but different numbers

The investigations indicate that Stormy Daniels (image) would have been paid $130,000 for her silence, while Karen McDougal would have raised that figure to $150,000.

McDougal wanted to sell her story to The National Enquirer

As The Wall Street Journal points out, Karen McDougal, Play*mate of the Year 1998, would have reached an agreement to sell the exclusive story of her adventure with Donald Trump to The National Enquirer.

$150,000

The figure The Wall Street Journal and other media indicate is $150,000. McDougal (center) would have made the agreement in 2016, during the electoral campaign that ended up taking Donald Trump to the White House.

Never published

However, The National Enquirer never published her story, despite having paid McDougal for it.

Agreement between Trump and the Enquirer?

The Wall Street Journal points out that Donald Trump and the parent company of The National Enquirer, American Media Inc. (AMI), reached an agreement so that the information would never see the light.

Friendly relationship

It's likely that things went that route, because the former president of AMI was a personal friend of Donald Trump.

It was already investigated in 2018

According to The Wall Street Journal, the alleged bribery of Karen McDougal was already investigated in 2018. Her story circulated and was allegedly checked by authorities at the time of the first revelations by Stormy Daniels in 2018.

Guilt admission?

The Wall Street Journal reports that the matter did not reach the courts at the time because AMI cooperated with the Prosecutor's Office. The media company admitted to the payment of $ 150,000 to the model in collaboration with members of Donald Trump's electoral campaign.

Target: White House

The objective of the payment was obvious: to prevent Trump's adventure from seeing the light. It might have affected the electoral campaign and the final result of the presidential elections.

He just had a child at the time of the affairs

A salient detail is that at the time of Trump's adventures with Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, his wife Melania had just given birth to their son Barron. The affairs ended around the time the infant was one and a half years old.

Revelations would have hurt his campaign

Public knowledge of his affairs with two adult models around the time of his youngest son's birth could have been very bad for his polling numbers at election time. For that reason, both models were paid hush money.

In the image: Stormy Daniels

Michael Cohen, scapegoat...

The investigations of 2018 would not reach Donald Trump, then the president. His lawyer, Michael Cohen, would plead guilty to the facts, which led him to prison in 2019.

... and now a collaborator against Trump

It seems, however, that his time in jail changed Michael Cohen's mind. He is now one of Alvin Bragg's main informants and witnesses in the case against Donald Trump.

Cohen talks freely about the incidents

Cohen told CBS that he is not doing this for vengeance against his former client, Trump, but that he just wants the right person to be held accountable for the incidents.

Image: Karen McDougal, right, with her colleague Nikkie Ziering.

"I should not be held accountable for Donald Trump's dirty deeds"

"I've never said that it was about me," he told interviewer Robert Costa. "This is solely about accountability. I should not be held accountable for Donald Trump's dirty deeds."

In the image: Stormy Daniels