National Enquirer Shreds Trump Documents from Safe After WSJ Inquiry

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Financial CaptureElectoral ManipulationMedia Capture & Control
Actors:Dylan Howard, David Pecker, National Enquirer/AMI, Wall Street Journal, Karen McDougal, Michael Cohen
2016-11-04 · National Enquirer offices · 1 min read

After Wall Street Journal calls about McDougal payment, Dylan Howard orders staff to "get everything out of the safe" and shred documents, destroying evidence days before election. The Enquirer's leadership, including CEO David Pecker, maintained a 'catch and kill' safe containing damaging stories about Trump during the 2016 campaign.

Sources

  1. National Enquirer shredded Trump vault filesThe Week(2019-10-15)
  2. Ronan Farrow says Enquirer shredded documentsCNN(2019-10-14)
  3. AP: National Enquirer Kept Damaging Trump Stories in SafeCBS News(2018-08-24)
  4. Ronan Farrow Book Reveals National Enquirer's Trump Document DestructionNPR(2024-06-06)