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Deadline: White House - “A dog with a pheasant”

Nicolle Wallace is joined by Andrew Weissmann, Lachlan Cartwright, Harry Litman, Vaughn Hillyard, David Kelley, George Conway, Susanne Craig, Tim Heaphy, Frank Bruni, and Antonia Hylton.

“A dog with a pheasant”

Hi everyone it's a big big day it's four o'clock in New York. Quote, I have a blockbuster Trump story. Six words that

would put in motion just about everything that happened next. A scramble from Trump allies to

suppress a story that could have landed like a

bombshell in the 2016 campaign. Those words were in a text message sent from

Keith Davidson. Keith Davidson is the attorney for both of the women at the heart of the story.

Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal and porn star Stormy Daniels. It was a text

sent to then editor the National Inquirer, Dylan Howard.

Now, we mentioned this because Davidson is on the stand right now on day nine of the

Donald Trump election interference hush money trial with explosive

testimony being given right now about his dealings with am I and Donald Trump's

innermost circle. Earlier today he told the court and the jury that Dylan Howard texted him back a response,

Davidson says that he understood even back then that the owner of the National

Inquire, AMI owner David Pecker and Donald Trump were good friends. Just two weeks

after those texts were exchanged Karen McDougal met with Dylan Howard. It was

where Karen McDougal alleged that she had an affair with Donald Trump that went on for

quote several weeks to months. Now am I initially declined to pick up McDougal story

returning to the bargaining table for it only when ABC News wanted it.

They expressed interest in talking to McDougal.

But what ABC wanted was for her to tell her story,

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0:00.0	Hi everyone it's a big big day it's four o'clock in New York. Quote, I have a blockbuster Trump story. Six words that
0:16.6	would put in motion just about everything that happened next. A scramble from Trump allies to
0:22.1	suppress a story that could have landed like a
0:24.2	bombshell in the 2016 campaign. Those words were in a text message sent from
0:29.6	Keith Davidson. Keith Davidson is the attorney for both of the women at the heart of the story.
0:35.2	Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal and porn star Stormy Daniels. It was a text
0:40.5	sent to then editor the National Inquirer, Dylan Howard.
0:44.6	Now, we mentioned this because Davidson is on the stand right now on day nine of the
0:50.5	Donald Trump election interference hush money trial with explosive
0:55.4	testimony being given right now about his dealings with am I and Donald Trump's
1:00.4	innermost circle. Earlier today he told the court and the jury that Dylan Howard texted him back a response,
1:08.0	quote, talk first thing.
1:10.0	I will get you more than anyone for it.
1:12.8	You know why.
1:14.4	Davidson says that he understood even back then that the owner of the National
1:19.3	Inquire, AMI owner David Pecker and Donald Trump were good friends. Just two weeks
1:25.2	after those texts were exchanged Karen McDougal met with Dylan Howard. It was
1:29.7	where Karen McDougal alleged that she had an affair with Donald Trump that went on for
1:34.3	quote several weeks to months. Now am I initially declined to pick up McDougal story
1:39.1	returning to the bargaining table for it only when ABC News wanted it.
1:43.8	They expressed interest in talking to McDougal.
1:46.4	But what ABC wanted was for her to tell her story,
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“A dog with a pheasant”

Deadline: White House

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