https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/30/politics/karen-mcdougal-trump-grand-jury/index.html
… playboy (sic) model before the 2016 presidential election, two people familiar with the matter said.
Prosecutors have asked at least one witness questions about a $150,000 payment the publisher of the National Enquirer made to the model, Karen McDougal, to buy her story about the alleged affair with Trump, the people said.
The witness also was asked about other stories bought by American Media Inc. – which publishes the Enquirer – and later killed.
It isn’t clear whether prosecutors are considering the payment as part of its investigation or using it as a pattern to establish a pattern of entering into such deals.