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struggle4progress

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Thu Aug 30, 2018, 06:17 PM Aug 2018

Planned to buy National Enquirer 'dirt' before election

By: Theresa Seiger, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Updated: Aug 30, 2018 - 1:06 PM

Donald Trump and his then-attorney Michael Cohen hatched a plan before the 2016 presidential election to buy damaging information collected over decades by a tabloid newspaper and its publisher, The New York Times reported Thursday.

Cohen and Trump aimed to “buy up all the dirt on Mr. Trump that the National Enquirer and its parent company had collected on him, dating back to the 1980s,” according to the Times. The deal, which encompassed older stories from the tabloid and lists of sensitive sources and tips, among other things, was never finalized, the Times reported ...

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/trending-now/report-trump-cohen-planned-to-buy-national-enquirer-dirt-before-election/823882222

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Planned to buy National Enquirer 'dirt' before election (Original Post) struggle4progress Aug 2018 OP
I hope to see more about this story. Cracklin Charlie Aug 2018 #1

Cracklin Charlie

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1. I hope to see more about this story.
Thu Aug 30, 2018, 08:01 PM
Aug 2018

I would think there’d be plenty of juicy stuff, as they had been collection information since the ‘80’s.

No mention there of how much they would have to pay, or where they would get the money.

So far...

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