Tabloid boss David Pecker details plot to kill Trump stories about love child and Playboy model affair | The Independent
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“I said what I would do is I would run or publish positive stories about Mr Trump and publish negative stories about his opponents,” he said. “I would also be the eyes and ears.”
That included sensational and gossip-driven coverage of Bill and Hillary Clinton, admittedly “embellished” pieces attacking Mr Trump’s Republican rivals, and headlines that boosted Mr Trump’s health.
Stories attacking Mr Trump’s rivals came from Cohen, who would send information about Ted Cruz, Ben Carson and Marco Rubio, “and that was the basis for our story, and we would embellish it from there,” Mr Pecker said.
But when it came to any tips about women selling stories about Mr Trump, Mr Pecker “would notify Michael Cohen, and he would be able to have them killed in the magazine, or not be published, or somebody would have to purchase them,” he said.