David Pecker testified:
During his visit to the White House, Pecker said President Trump asked him about Karen McDougal.
“As we walked out, President Trump asked me ‘How’s Karen doing, how’s Karen doing?’ So I said ‘She’s doing well, she’s quiet, everything’s going good.'” Pecker said.
Trump asked about her numerous times. Of course he knew her.
And as for Stormy:
[Trump assistant Rohna]Graff was a Trump Organization employee who, while there, kept contacts for both Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal in the company’s computer system. She testified today that she had a “vague recollection” of once seeing Daniels in an office reception area of Trump Tower, and “assumed” it was because Trump was considering her as a contestant on his Celebrity Apprentice reality TV show.
And why would he pay her off if he didn’t know who she was? He didn’t pay off the rest of the women who came forward:
Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York mayor and a recent addition to President Trump’s legal team, said Wednesday night that Trump made a series of payments reimbursing his attorney Michael Cohen for a $130,000 settlement with adult-film actress Stormy Daniels — despite Trump’s assertion last month that he was unaware of the payment.
“The president repaid it,’’ Giuliani told Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity.
Trump “didn’t know about the specifics of it, as far as I know. But he did know the general arrangement, that Michael would take care of things like this, like I take care of things like this with my clients,” Giuliani said. “I don’t burden them with every single thing that comes along. These are busy people.’’
They’re going to say that Trump knew nothing about the Stormy Daniels agreement and that he legitimately thought he was just paying Cohen for legal services even though he was aware that there was a “general agreement” that Cohen would “take care of things like this.” Can they convince a jury of that beyond a reasonable doubt? I wouldn’t think so because it defies common sense but we will have to see.