Then-President Donald Trump became "very aggravated" after learning that a former Playboy model had been permitted to give an interview to CNN about her alleged affair with him, a witness told a jury Thursday.
In testimony for Trump's hush money case before a New York court, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker told Assistant District Attorney Joshua Steinglass that he amended a contract to allow former model Karen McDougal speak to the media about the purported affair.
Pecker had testified earlier that the National Enquirer purchased McDougal's story on behalf of Trump to cover up the affair.
Pecker said Trump called him after McDougal interviewed with CNN's Anderson Cooper in 2018. He described Trump as being "very upset."
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"I thought you had, and we had an agreement with Karen McDougal that she can't give any interviews or be on any television show," Pecker recalled Trump saying.
"Yes, we have an agreement, but I amended it to allow her to speak to the press," Pecker said he explained to Trump.
"Mr. Trump got very aggravated when he heard that I'd amended it, and he couldn't understand why," he added. "He was very upset."
There were no reports of Trump reacting to Pecker's testimony, despite his presence in the courtroom.
