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In light of AMI’s deal with DOJ to avoid prosecution for paying off Karen McDougal, I’m re-upping my old, speculative thread on Trump/Weinstein similarities in the dark arts of quashing scandals. Both used AMI CEO David Pecker to bury sex stories. Is there other overlap? 1/
Pecker tried to use "catch and kill" to bury stories about sexual assault allegations against Weinstein. Many women have accused Trump of the same. Did Pecker kill any of those stories like he did with McDougal? 2/
Jessica Drake reportedly signed an NDA to stay quiet about allegations that Trump kissed her against her will (and offered her $10K for sex, which she declined). Were there other such NDAs? Was David Pecker involved?
In Michael Wolff's "Fire and Fury," Steve Bannon said that Trump lawyer Marc Kasowitz “took care of” about “100 women” in the campaign. Did any of those involve credible allegations of sexual assault? 4/
What stories has Pecker locked up in his (apparently literal) safe? He’s free to publish anything that he previously caught and killed — or, of course, to share info with prosecutors. 5/ latimes.com/politics/la-na…
The danger to Trump of the AMI/DOJ agreement, and of losing David Pecker’s loyalty, may extend far beyond Trump’s exposure for campaign finance violations. 6/end
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As the year draws to a close, I’d like to recommend a personal holiday tradition: reading James Joyce’s lovely yet bracing novella “The Dead,” which can be found at this link. Please indulge me for a few tweets. 1/ ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/j/joyce/james/…
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One odd wrinkle about the Cohen campaign finance case: Trump could have legally paid off Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal as long as he used campaign funds and reported the expenditure. 1/
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