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Transcript of Trump Manhattan Trial, April 25, 2024

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Transcript of Trump Manhattan Trial, April 25, 2024

D. Pecker Direct/Steinglass
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Cohen a willingness to sell Mr. Trump the rights to Karen
McDougal’s story, the lifetime rights?
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Yes.
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Tell us about that?
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I told Michael Cohen that I would sign

I would sign
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the rights over to

I would sign the rights. And he asked
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me, it’s $150,000?
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I said, look, I said, you know, Karen is going to be
writing for the various magazines and visual sites. She is
going to appear on a couple of covers of the magazines. I
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value that at $25,000. So, I will retain, $25,000 as editorial
expenses, and I will bill you for the lifetime rights for
$125,000.
So, did you value the portion of the contract, the
$150,000 you had paid to that AMI had paid to Karen
McDougal, did you value the lifetime rights at $125,000?
Yes, I did.
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And was that the price that you were willing to sell
the lifetime rights to Michael Cohen on behalf of Donald Trump
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for?
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Yes.
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Did you discuss the timing of the assignment of
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Michael Cohen wanted the contract done, yesterday, and
this is going towards the end of September. So, I facilitated
Susan Pearce-Bates, RPR, CCR, RSA
Principal Court Reporter

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Transcript of Trump Manhattan Trial, May 13, 2024

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M. Cohen Direct/Hoffinger
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was there at The Trump Organization about executives coming in
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to meet with Mr. Trump?
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Mr.
Trump had an open-door policy, which, if there was
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somebody in there, you waited; and if not, you knocked on the
door, and I would say, “Boss, do you have a second?”, and I
would walk right in.
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Q
And others did the same, to your knowledge?
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To my knowledge, yes.
Now, when you met with Mr. Trump at The Trump
Organization, in his office, did you, generally, need
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I’m
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sorry.
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Did you, generally, record those meetings in your calendar?
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No, ma’am.
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As part of your work at The Trump Organization, did
you feel that it was part of your job to keep him updated on
matters that you were handling for him?
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Yes.
It was actually required.
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Tell us what you mean by that.
When he would task you with something, he would then
say, “Keep me informed. Let me know what’s going on.”
And what he was saying, what everybody did is, as soon as
you had a result, an answer, you would go straight back and
tell him. Especially if it was a matter that was troubling to
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him.
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So, two things, just to break that down.
Laurie Eisenberg, CSR, RPR
Senior Court Reporter

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