LEGAL/MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “The chief executive of the publisher of the National Enquirer was granted immunity by prosecutors investigating payments arranged by U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, to silence two women who said they had sex with Trump, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday [8-22-18]. Another AMI executive, Dylan Howard, also received immunity, Vanity Fair magazine reported. American Media Inc’s (AMI) Chief Executive Officer David Pecker met with prosecutors to describe Trump and Cohen’s involvement in hush-money deals with adult-film star Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal ahead of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources. Pecker is a longtime friend of Trump and Cohen. Federal prosecutors in New York and the White House declined to comment. AMI’s general counsel, Eric Klee, did not respond to a request for comment on the reports. Trump has denied having sex with Daniels or McDougal.”
–Reuters Staff, “National Enquirer executives granted immunity in Cohen probe: Vanity Fair, WSJ,” Reuters, August 23, 2018 10:03 am