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Payment, the karen mcdougal story, which she spoke to me first and then to anderson in the firstati tv interview, and says her story was suppressed, and ive seen some of those contracts and that appears to be the case. and now it seems like in the karen mcdougal case there was a catch and kill. >> but its interesting ami saying its not true, but why on earth would they pay $30,000 and then have an extra clause on top it for what was it? >> a million dollars. all i can say is that the ami sources...

It for how much was it? >> a million dollars. all i can say is that the ami sources who spoke to us in this story were very consistent in saying that that million dollar addition to the contract, that he would suffer this extraordinary penalty if he spoke was unusual. that was not par for the course for these kinds of sources. >> heres what ami is saying. they released a statement saying in part, ami categorically denies that donald trump or michael cohen had anything to do with its decision not...

Digital files and replayed them for colleagues. he declined to comment as nbc news is learning that theyre seeking communications between cohen and two executives of american media, david pecker and dylan howard oversee the national enkwiquirer. in a statement ami categorically denied that donald trump or michael cohen had anything to do with its decision not to pursue a story, that it determined was not credible. and the ripple effect of the cohen raid is coming into view changing the white hou...

Request for all communication with david pecker who owns the national inquirer and is a close personal friend of the president. as well as dylan howard, the chief content officer. >> i think investigators are getting into this pattern where more than a few folks who have negative information on president trump ahead of the election seemed not to have the stories told. >> reporter: in a statement the national inquirers owners write ami categorically denies that donald trump or michael cohen had a...

I will csay a very important angle is david pepper, the man that is a publisher at ami, we know hes a very big supporter of donald trump and very close to donald trump and hes viewed as someone who would have incentive to help kill a story about someone running for president. hes denying all of this took place. i want to read a part of his statement -- or a statement from ami. it says "ami categorically denies donald trump or michael cohen had anything to do with its decision not to pursue a sto...

After they contacted ami about the deal wednesday, one of the companys other publications radar online published a story that included a memo about the arrangement and e-mail and a polygraph report which states that he took a lie detector test and passed it and concluded the story was not true and didnt publish it, the deal of $11 million penalty to share the account without permission. the personal trump attorney was in contact. >> we do report that michael cohen according to multiple individua...

Ami which has since been leaked adding, quote, i can confirm that while working at trump world tower i was instructed not to criticize president trumps former housekeeper due to a prior relationship she had with president trump which produced a child. amis chairman david pecker is a friend of the president. the publisher states it since released him from the contract and denies shutting down the story saying, quote, ami categorically denies that president trump or michael cohen had anything to d...

This report but youre talking to former workers at ami who have a different story? >> basically former workers are saying, this happened that hush money was paid, and the story was killed. thats according to "the new yorker." radar online, a tabloid also owned by ami, published a story outlining the deal, which included a memo, an e-mail, and a report of a lie detector test which they say the doorman took after he made hi claims. the tabloid says he passed that test. ami, which owns "the nationa...

Of "the national enquirer" and communications with its chief content officer dylan howard. this comes after these headlines today. nbc news has not confirmed this reporting, that the tabloid paid a trump doorman 30 grand to stop an embarrassing unverified rumor about then candidate trump about an affair and an out of wed lock child. the story never ran. today ami categorically denied it use company funds to shut down this or any investigation, and said the love child story was determined not cre...