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Karen McDougal

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Trump's contempt drama: A bobblehead recap

By JACKIE PADILLA, MATT WUERKER and DAN ASHWOOD

05/09/2024 07:23 AM EDT
Legal

Trump’s family steers clear of trial — even as he spotlights them

By ADAM WREN

05/06/2024 05:00 AM EDT
Legal

Hicks offers a glimmer of hope for Trump's defense

By ERICA ORDEN

05/03/2024 08:40 PM EDT
Legal

Stormy Daniels' lawyer didn't give prosecutors fireworks. That will help them.

By ERICA ORDEN

04/30/2024 09:24 PM EDT
Legal

David Pecker gave prosecutors just what they were looking for in Trump hush money testimony

By ERICA ORDEN

04/25/2024 10:18 PM EDT
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The Trump trial turns tabloid

By JAMES ROMOSER

04/23/2024 06:06 PM EDT
Legal

Trump regularly talked to Cohen during hush-money negotiations

By NATASHA BERTRAND and DARREN SAMUELSOHN

07/18/2019 02:18 PM EDT

Updated 07/18/2019 03:11 PM EDT
Media

Pulitzers honor investigations into Trump’s ‘tax dodges’ and hush money payments

By MICHAEL CALDERONE

04/15/2019 04:46 PM EDT
Congress

Pelosi tries to buy Mueller time

By DARREN SAMUELSOHN and KYLE CHENEY

12/17/2018 05:10 AM EST
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Cohen: 'Of course' Trump knew hush money payments were wrong

By CAITLIN OPRYSKO

12/14/2018 08:08 AM EST

Updated 12/14/2018 08:37 AM EST
White House

Trump ducks for legal cover after Cohen sentencing

By CAITLIN OPRYSKO, JOSH GERSTEIN and DARREN SAMUELSOHN

12/13/2018 09:03 AM EST

Updated 12/13/2018 01:28 PM EST
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A ‘loud gong’: National Enquirer’s surprise deal could imperil Trump

By DARREN SAMUELSOHN

12/12/2018 06:33 PM EST

Updated 12/12/2018 07:11 PM EST
White House

Trump: People will ‘revolt’ if he’s impeached

By BRENT D. GRIFFITHS

12/11/2018 09:06 PM EST

Updated 12/11/2018 10:06 PM EST
Legal

New York prosecutors rebuke Cohen for exaggerating cooperation

By KYLE CHENEY and DARREN SAMUELSOHN

12/07/2018 05:28 PM EST
Mueller Investigation

Michael Cohen conferred with Trump about Putin meeting during election, Mueller says

By KYLE CHENEY, DARREN SAMUELSOHN and JOSH GERSTEIN

12/07/2018 05:06 PM EST

Updated 12/07/2018 07:47 PM EST
WHITE HOUSE

Aides expect Trump to go rogue on Manafort pardon

By NANCY COOK

08/24/2018 04:44 PM EDT
Legal

Cohen’s admission doesn’t mean Trump is guilty, legal experts say

By JOSH GERSTEIN

08/23/2018 05:12 AM EDT
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Trump paints his own reality amid legal fallout

By ANDREW RESTUCCIA and NANCY COOK

08/22/2018 08:29 PM EDT

Updated 08/22/2018 10:54 PM EDT
White House: Trump not concerned about what Cohen may tell Mueller

By STEPHANIE MURRAY

08/22/2018 03:08 PM EDT
Trump says he knew about hush payments 'later on,' contradicting Cohen

By CAITLIN OPRYSKO

08/22/2018 02:40 PM EDT
Attorney: Cohen has incriminating information about Trump

By DAVID COHEN

08/22/2018 12:09 AM EDT

Updated 08/22/2018 12:22 AM EDT
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‘It’s the only excuse they’ll need’: Legal blows fuel impeachment fears

By CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO, ANDREW RESTUCCIA, NANCY COOK and DANIEL LIPPMAN

08/21/2018 08:16 PM EDT

Updated 08/22/2018 01:41 PM EDT
Behind Trump allies' shifting explanations of 2016 payoffs to women

By THEODORIC MEYER

08/21/2018 08:01 PM EDT

Updated 08/21/2018 08:21 PM EDT
Cohen attorney: If these hush payments are crimes, Trump is guilty

By REBECCA MORIN

08/21/2018 06:56 PM EDT

Updated 08/21/2018 11:22 PM EDT
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Clinton fixer engineers Michael Cohen’s turn against Trump

By DARREN SAMUELSOHN

07/25/2018 07:21 PM EDT
Trump claims Cohen tape on Playboy model may have been doctored

By LOUIS NELSON

07/25/2018 09:08 AM EDT

Updated 07/25/2018 02:05 PM EDT
Tape appears to show Trump discussing payments involving ex-Playboy model

By ANDREW RESTUCCIA and DARREN SAMUELSOHN

07/24/2018 10:36 PM EDT

Updated 07/24/2018 11:11 PM EDT
Giuliani says Cohen recorded Trump discussing payments to former Playboy model

By DARREN SAMUELSOHN and ELEANOR MUELLER

07/20/2018 01:11 PM EDT

Updated 07/20/2018 04:48 PM EDT
Trump After Dark: Haley’s Comet edition

By HENRY C. JACKSON

04/18/2018 08:17 PM EDT
Ex-Playboy model will sue Trump if he calls her a liar, her attorney says

By QUINT FORGEY and CRISTIANO LIMA

04/18/2018 06:30 PM EDT

Updated 04/19/2018 10:20 AM EDT
Publisher seeks to dismiss suit from ex-Playmate who alleges Trump affair

By CRISTIANO LIMA

04/02/2018 06:17 PM EDT
Poll: Americans believe women over Trump on affair allegations

By CRISTIANO LIMA

03/26/2018 06:22 PM EDT
Ex-Playboy model says she kept journal of days she met with Trump

By REBECCA MORIN

03/22/2018 10:25 PM EDT

Updated 03/23/2018 12:04 PM EDT
Ex-Playboy model's lawyer says her coming forward has nothing to do with politics

By AUBREE ELIZA WEAVER

03/21/2018 10:28 AM EDT
White House

Trump subjected to trifecta of sex-scandal lawsuits

By JOSH GERSTEIN and LORRAINE WOELLERT

03/20/2018 08:15 PM EDT
Former Playboy model sues for freedom to speak about Trump

By LORRAINE WOELLERT

03/20/2018 04:59 PM EDT