Justin Rohrlich The Daily Beast Donald J. Trump Davidson says the deal w/ AMI (then National Enquirer owner) paid the former Playboy playmate McDougal $150k, kept her silent about the Trump affair, & required she provide 'certain personal services' to the publisher.

@lachcartwright exposed that here:
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TONIGHT at 8pm ET: Lachlan Cartwright

.Lachlan Cartwright is one of the people who saw first-hand the alleged 'catch and kill' that David Pecker says he participated in. He reveals how the process played out.

Prosecutors in New York have accused Donald Trump of a 'catch and kill' scheme, of catching damaging stories and then killing them, to manipulate the 2016 election.

Journalist Lachlan Cartwright is now turning on Trump and his former employer over the accusations, and he joins us.

On Inside the Hive, VF's Dan Adler and THR’s Lachlan Cartwright, who have both been reporting from inside the courtroom of Donald Trump’s criminal trial, describe the “surreal” dynamics of this week’s proceedings. vntyfr.com/weuleQT

Jesse Watters to Lachlan Cartwright: 'If Biden wins fair and square of course I’ll tell my viewers he won fair and square.'
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Jesse Watters seems to have walked back his apology for the Chinatown segment.

Left is Watters to Max Tani in December 2016 and right is Watters to Lachlan Cartwright yesterday

From last night’s Newsnight - as the National Enquirer’s boss is David Pecker is right now on the stand in Trump’s hush money trial, his Executive Editor Lachlan Cartwright told us what he saw and what stories they published and what they buried:

Brand new episode of INSIDE THE HIVE is out: Dissecting the Trump tabloid drama with two reporters who have been in the courtroom this week, Lachlan Cartwright and Dan Adler podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ins…

Donald Trump 'agreed story-burying deal' with tabloid newspaper before 2016 election | ITV News itv.com/news/2024-04-2…

'Who was going to believe some of these stories?'

Lachlan Cartwright was a former executive editor of the National Enquirer when its policy of 'catch and kill' buried negative stories about Donald Trump. He says the experience took a personal toll.

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Two Australians had ringside seats to Trump’s 2016 ‘catch and kill’ plot theage.com.au/world/north-am… My latest feature from Trump’s historic #HushMoney trial in NYC #USelection2024 #Trump #Media

thanks Lachlan Cartwright now The Hollywood Reporter - breaking his #NDA W/ #nationalenquirer and #DavidPecker to describe, first in NYT Magazine, the #catchandkill stories he regrets being a part of. #TrumpTrial #hushmoney #trump wbur.org/hereandnow/202…

The pattern of covering up stories was a central part of Colangelo's opening statement. Jen Psaki spoke with Fmr. Executive Editor at the National Enquirer Lachlan Cartwright last week & he gave a stunning account of what happened.

Watch the full interview-
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A first-person confessional from Lachlan Cartwright, who got his hands dirty at The National Enquirer while it was doing Donald Trump’s bidding—orchestrating “catch-and-kill” operations, most infamously to smother the Stormy Daniels story. nytimes.com/2024/04/03/mag…

#EXCLUSIVE : Donald Trump's historic criminal trial will hear opening arguments this week and at the heart of the case is a 'catch and kill' scheme - where The National Enquirer would buy and bury stories about the former President.

Two Australian journalists were working at the

.Lachlan Cartwright: “David Pecker and Dylan Howard, who have written me a number of very intense legal threats... I'll be down at court and I'll be able to look them in the eyes and think, I've got out the other side of this and you blokes are here testifying about these matters.'

WATCH- 'A criminal enterprise': Fmr. National Enquirer Exec. Editor tells all amid Trump trial

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.Jen Psaki: “You had an NDA…”

Fmr. National Enquirer Executive Editor Lachlan Cartwright: “Which I’m publicly breaking.”

Jen Psaki: “We all know that there can be threats and violence…”

Cartwright: “Which I’ve experienced… But this is a story of national importance.”

“Fundamentally, this was a plot, an agreement, to influence the 2016 election. And it worked.”

Former National Enquirer Executive Editor Lachlan Cartwright tells Jen Psaki what he saw and heard during his time at the tabloid at the center of Donald Trump’s first criminal trial.