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The Latest: AP source: Trump on tape about Playmate payment
NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on a recording of President Donald Trump and his former lawyer discussing payments to an ex-Playboy model (all times local):
1:45 p.m.
A person familiar with an investigation into President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer says the attorney secretly recorded Trump discussing a payment to an ex-Playboy model who said she had an affair with him.
The person told The Associated Press on Friday the FBI has the recording, made two months before Trump's 2016 election. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing investigation into lawyer Michael Cohen.
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani told The New York Times that Trump did discuss payments to Karen McDougal with Cohen on the less than two-minute recording but said a payment was never made. Giuliani told the newspaper the recording shows Trump did nothing wrong.
The Times first reported the existence and nature of the recording.
Giuliani, Cohen and McDougal's lawyer haven't immediately responded to messages from the AP.
— By Associated Press writer Eric Tucker in Washington.
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12:30 p.m.
The New York Times says President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer secretly recorded him discussing payments to an ex-Playboy model who said she had had an affair with him.
The newspaper says the FBI seized the recording during an April raid on attorney Michael Cohen's office.
The Times cited lawyers and others familiar with the recording and reported Friday that Cohen made it two months before Trump's 2016 election.
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani tells the newspaper Trump did discuss the payments to Karen McDougal with Cohen on the less than two-minute recording but a payment was never made.
Giuliani says Trump told Cohen if he did make a payment to do it by check so it could be documented.
Cohen hasn't responded to text and email messages seeking comment. His lawyer Lanny Davis declined to comment to the Times.
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