National Enquirer Agrees To Pay $187,500 For Breaking Election Law In 2016 To Help Trump
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The Federal Election Commission said the tabloid "knowingly and willfully" broke the law when it bought model Karen McDougal's story.
The owner of the National Enquirer has agreed to pay a $187,500 civil penalty to the Federal Election Commission for unlawfully aiding former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign by suppressing a story about a woman who said she had an affair with him. The FEC said Tuesday that it found reason to believe American Media, Inc. (AMI) ― the parent company of the Enquirer ― and former AMI CEO David Pecker “knowingly and willfully” made a prohibited corporate contribution to Trump’s campaign when it bought model Karen McDougal’s story for $150,000 in August 2016. AMI ― now known as A360 Media, LLC ― and Pecker, a friend of Trump, had no intention of running the story, seeking to influence the 2016 election by suppressing a potentially unflattering story about Trump, according to the FEC. This tactic is known as “catch and kill” in which a publication buys the rights to a story to block an individual from going public with it as a favor to a third party.
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