Before the break, Pecker explaining that the complicated scheme to be reimbursed for the hush-money payment was not a success. After speaking with his counsel, Pecker said he had concerns about the legality of the reimbursement process he had set up with Michael Cohen.So he called Cohen and told him “I’m not going forward, it’s a bad idea, and I want you to rip up the agreement,” the tabloid publisher tells the court. “He (Cohen) was very, very angry, very upset, screaming basically at me,” Pecker says. “The boss (Trump) is going to be very angry at you,” Pecker says Cohen told him at the time. This means that Pecker was not ultimately reimbursed for McDougal’s payment, and it could explain why he was not involved in buying another Trump story – one involving Stormy Daniels.
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