It was just days before the 2016 presidential election when the Wall Street Journal broke what would eventually snowball into the Trump hush money scandal: The story, under the headline “National Enquirer Shielded Donald Trump From Playboy Model’s Affair Allegation,” was a clear and clinical scoop showing how American Media Inc. (AMI), owner of the National Enquirer, agreed to pay $150,000 to former Playboy model Karen McDougal for her tale of an affair with Trump.
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