Pecker is now describing a June 2016 phone call with Trump during which the two discussed whether Pecker should buy McDougal’s story about her affair with Trump.
“I said I absolutely don’t believe there’s a Mexican group out there for eight million dollars,” Pecker testified he told Trump.
“He said, ‘What do you think I should do,’ and I said he should buy the story and take it off the market,” Pecker said.
“When Donald Trump said that she was a ‘nice girl,’ I believed that he knew who she was, I believed the story was true,” Pecker added.
Pecker explained that Trump “said he doesn’t buy stories” but that Michael Cohen would call him.
Cohen called later and, according to Pecker, said, “He said you should go ahead and buy this story,” Pecker explained.
“I said I’m going to have Dylan Howard negotiate the terms. And then I said who’s going to pay for it,” Pecker continued.
“He said to me, ‘don’t worry, I’m your friend, the boss will take care of it,’” Pecker recalled.
When asked by prosecutors who was the boss, Pecker replied: “Donald Trump.”
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