During an in furtherance of his candidacy for president, the defendant and others agreed to identify and suppress negative stories about him. Two parties to this agreement have admitted to committing illegal conduct in connection with the scheme.

In August 2018, lawyer A pleaded guilty to two federal crimes involving

illegal campaign contributions and subsequently serve time in prison.

In addition, in August 2018, America Media Inc. AMI, a media company that owned and published magazines and

supermarket tabloids including the National Inquirer, admitted in a non-prosecution agreement that it made a payment to a source of a story

to ensure that the source, quote, did not publicize damaging allegations,

unquote, about the defendant.

Quote, before the 2016 presidential election

and thereby influence that election."

That's the voice of acclaimed actor Glenclose,

reading from the New York statement of facts that was filed

by the district attorney in Manhattan along with the New York

indictment that we heard read by Robert Janiro just the other day.

Here's a bit more concerning a meeting at Trump Tower from the other

other preeminent actor Robert DeNira.

From the statement of facts, the scheme, the 2015 Trump Tower meeting. The States. Soon after, in August 2015, the defendant met with lawyer A and AMIs Chairman and Chief Executive

Officer, the AMI CEO, at Trump Tower in New York County.

At the meeting, the AMI CEO agreed to help with the defendant's campaigns, saying that he would

act as the eyes and ears for the campaign by looking out for negative stories about the defendant and

alerting lawyer A before the stories were published. The AMI CEO also agreed to

publish negative stories about the defendant's competitors for the election.

Hi and welcome to prosecuting Donald Trump.

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