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Former Model Says Trump Offered Her Cash After Sex

HeadlineMar 23, 2018

Former model Karen McDougal went public Thursday with details about her alleged affair with Donald Trump in 2006, telling CNN’s Anderson Cooper that Trump offered her cash after the two had consensual sex for the first time.

Karen McDougal: “After we had been intimate, he tried to pay me, and I actually didn’t know how to take that.”

Anderson Cooper: “Did he actually try to hand you money?”

Karen McDougal: “He did.”

Karen McDougal said the incident made her cry, but said the two maintained a consensual affair for 10 months. Her interview came as CBS’s “60 Minutes” said it’s going ahead with plans to broadcast an interview on Sunday with adult film star Stephanie Clifford, better known as Stormy Daniels. Daniels says she was paid $130,000 in hush money by Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, only days before the 2016 election. Experts say this payment may have violated federal election law.

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