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1986年3月，一架专机从莫斯科飞往纽约，偌大的机舱里只有两名乘客--尤里.多勃雷宁和他的夫人伊莲娜。
大使离去
多勃雷宁为这样的待遇感到不安，然而这意味着他已经成为苏共中央委员会书记之一。
这是他以苏联驻美国大使身份最后一次前往美国，从1962年3月15日抵达华盛顿，到今天整整过去了二十四年，他被称为传奇大使，是两个超级大国之间最重要的沟通者。
这些年来，他经历过古巴导弹危机，肯尼迪遇刺案，越南战争，中美建交，阿富汗战争，星球大战……腊斯克，基辛格，布热津斯基，舒尔茨这些人既是他的对手，亦是他的朋友。
服务员给他端来了一杯杜松子酒，多勃雷宁晃着酒杯，轻轻叹了口气。
他知道戈尔巴乔夫强行将他调离华盛顿，回莫斯科当中央书记，决不是为了提拔他，否则，他应当接替葛罗米柯成为外交部长。然而，戈尔巴乔夫将这一要职交给了一位对外交一窍不通的格鲁吉亚人--谢瓦尔德纳泽。
1985年开始，他就一直在观察戈尔巴乔夫，他相信苏联在这个人的领导下，注定凶多吉少。
他看到了自己未来的灰暗，也看到了苏联未来的不祥之兆。
4月7日，大使处理完交接事务后，前往白宫向里根总统辞行。
南草坪阳光明媚，暖意融融，国务卿舒尔茨，国家安全顾问波因德克斯特，里甘，马特洛克等白宫要员全部换上正式礼服，陪同总统会见多勃雷宁。
两小时的谈话结束后，里根起身送多勃雷宁走出椭圆形办公室，穿过花园，一直送他到了专车边上。
没有一个国家的大使辞行时，可以得到如此高规格的礼遇。但多勃雷宁知道，不是他跟里根交情有多深，而是因为苏联的强大。
接下来，不断有各种告别宴会，参议院的，众议院的，国务院的，外交使团的，媒体的，商界的，军界的……等着他。
然而，多勃雷宁在离开美国之前，没有睡过一个好觉，作为一名坚定的布尔什维克，他无力挽救他的国家命运，戈尔巴乔夫正带着这艘大船走向沉没。
不过，多勃雷宁决心唤醒一颗“冷子”，在将来给美国以沉重一击。
深水炸弹
四月中旬，多勃雷宁以参加联合国总部告别会为由，甩开FBI布在华盛顿的秘密警察们，悄然来到纽约。
这颗“冷子”，除了克格勃主席安德罗波夫之外，他是唯一的单线联系人，世上也只有他们两人知道“冷子”的存在。
多勃雷宁平时管“冷子”叫唐尼，到了纽约后，马上向唐尼发出独有的见面讯号。，地点：纽瓦克港码头，时间，深夜12点。
星空下的纽瓦克港，海浪有节奏地冲击着岸堤，多勃雷宁避开昏黄的灯光，独自一人站在阴影之中。戴着礼帽，竖起大衣衣领，像个剪影般地一动不动，静静地等待着。
12点整，一名四十岁左右的高个子男子身影，突然从另一处阴影里闪出，快速向他移动过来。
高个男子嘴里哼着：“花篮里花儿香，听我来唱一唱，唱一呀唱，来到了南泥湾……”
多勃雷宁接唱：“但愿从今后，你我永不忘，莫斯科郊外的晚上。”
两双大手紧紧握在了一起，异口同声轻轻喊道：同志！
多勃雷宁感觉手骨都快被握碎了，好不容易抽出手来，不动声色地揉了揉手。
“唐尼，我要被调回莫斯科了。”多勃雷宁说道。
“那我怎么办？”高个男子急问道。
“继续潜伏，等待命令。”
“会有别的联系人吗？”
多勃雷宁面色凝重地答道：“很长一段时间内，你在美国不会有联系人。”
“我不用做点什么吗？”
“你知道佐尔格吗？”多勃雷宁反问道。
高个男子点点头，“我的偶像，超级红色特工。”
“对，他是德国人，你也是德国后裔。”
“我们都痛恨资产阶级，请组织考验我吧。”高个男子握紧了拳头。
多勃雷宁拍了拍他的肩膀，“不，唐尼，你的任务是潜伏。”
“我要行动。”唐尼有些激动。
“苏维埃联盟将被敌人瓦解，你要坚持到打入敌人心脏那一天。”
唐尼悲伤地望向星空，“苏维埃联盟万岁！”
“真正的布尔什维克要勇敢面对现实，唐尼，组织上要将你打造成纽约房地产大亨。”
“可是，我又快破产了，老爸那点资本不够我……”
“组织上会给你安排运作资金的。”多勃雷宁递给了他一张大额支票。
“我一定会完成任务。”唐尼将支票快速塞入口袋。
“你在纽约，要比任何一个资本家更荒淫，更好色。FBI不会怀疑一个流氓的。”
“这个我没问题。”
“记住，你要变成一位讨政客喜欢的商人，并进入白宫。”
唐尼看了看四周，“然后，偷点情报？”
“能不能有点志向？你要成为白宫的主人。”多勃雷宁厉声说道。
“这怎么可能？”
“发动群众，扶助工农，与工人阶级站在一起。”
“但资产阶级报纸会放过我吗？它们会怀疑我勾结俄国人。”
“放心，唐尼，工农群众会支持你的。”
唐尼轻轻唱道：“工农兵联合起来，向前进,万众一心. 工农兵联合起来，向前进,消灭敌人……”
多勃雷宁看了看表，“时间不早了，唐尼，明年你可以来莫斯科观察一下，如果苏联不在了，你要有耐心。”
“那你呢？”
“我不重要，但克里姆林宫肯定还会出现大人物，到时，你的资料将被解封。”
“我到时会有新的上线？”
“是的，你的使命将被唤醒。”
“要多久？十年，二十年？“唐尼有些着急。
“一定要保重身体，哪怕到了古稀之年，你也要把打倒帝国主义和它的爪牙们的担子挑起来。”多勃雷宁伸出了手。
“您也保重。”唐尼紧紧握住他的手，多勃雷宁眼睛湿润了，因为骨头又碎了。
唐尼有点感动，掏出五百美元，“同志，请将我的党费交给组织。”
多勃雷宁点点头，接过钞票，打算离去。
唐尼又叫道：“等一下，同志，能还给我两百块吗？”
多勃雷宁楞了一下，“这事没有出尔反尔的。”
“我想起我还得吃宵夜呢，还给我三百块吧。”
“不是说两百吗？”
“有吗？我明明说的是三百。”他拉住了大使的衣袖。
多勃雷宁把三百块退回给他，迅速撤离。上车前，他觉得这颗“冷子”比他想象的破坏力还要大。
唐尼一个人走在纽瓦克港的阴影里，海风吹乱了他的头发，三十年后，一曲忠诚的赞歌在白宫奏响。
以上故事，纯属虚构，如有雷同，实属巧合
作者：后沙月光。
编辑于 2018-07-18
链接：https://www.zhihu.com/question/28222485/answer/445388541
来源：知乎
著作权归作者所有。商业转载请联系作者获得授权，非商业转载请注明出处。
1986年3月，一架专机从莫斯科飞往纽约，偌大的机舱里只有两名乘客--尤里.多勃雷宁和他的夫人伊莲娜。
大使离去
多勃雷宁为这样的待遇感到不安，然而这意味着他已经成为苏共中央委员会书记之一。
这是他以苏联驻美国大使身份最后一次前往美国，从1962年3月15日抵达华盛顿，到今天整整过去了二十四年，他被称为传奇大使，是两个超级大国之间最重要的沟通者。
这些年来，他经历过古巴导弹危机，肯尼迪遇刺案，越南战争，中美建交，阿富汗战争，星球大战……腊斯克，基辛格，布热津斯基，舒尔茨这些人既是他的对手，亦是他的朋友。
服务员给他端来了一杯杜松子酒，多勃雷宁晃着酒杯，轻轻叹了口气。
他知道戈尔巴乔夫强行将他调离华盛顿，回莫斯科当中央书记，决不是为了提拔他，否则，他应当接替葛罗米柯成为外交部长。然而，戈尔巴乔夫将这一要职交给了一位对外交一窍不通的格鲁吉亚人--谢瓦尔德纳泽。
1985年开始，他就一直在观察戈尔巴乔夫，他相信苏联在这个人的领导下，注定凶多吉少。
他看到了自己未来的灰暗，也看到了苏联未来的不祥之兆。
4月7日，大使处理完交接事务后，前往白宫向里根总统辞行。
南草坪阳光明媚，暖意融融，国务卿舒尔茨，国家安全顾问波因德克斯特，里甘，马特洛克等白宫要员全部换上正式礼服，陪同总统会见多勃雷宁。
两小时的谈话结束后，里根起身送多勃雷宁走出椭圆形办公室，穿过花园，一直送他到了专车边上。
没有一个国家的大使辞行时，可以得到如此高规格的礼遇。但多勃雷宁知道，不是他跟里根交情有多深，而是因为苏联的强大。
接下来，不断有各种告别宴会，参议院的，众议院的，国务院的，外交使团的，媒体的，商界的，军界的……等着他。
然而，多勃雷宁在离开美国之前，没有睡过一个好觉，作为一名坚定的布尔什维克，他无力挽救他的国家命运，戈尔巴乔夫正带着这艘大船走向沉没。
不过，多勃雷宁决心唤醒一颗“冷子”，在将来给美国以沉重一击。
深水炸弹
四月中旬，多勃雷宁以参加联合国总部告别会为由，甩开FBI布在华盛顿的秘密警察们，悄然来到纽约。
这颗“冷子”，除了克格勃主席安德罗波夫之外，他是唯一的单线联系人，世上也只有他们两人知道“冷子”的存在。
多勃雷宁平时管“冷子”叫唐尼，到了纽约后，马上向唐尼发出独有的见面讯号。，地点：纽瓦克港码头，时间，深夜12点。
星空下的纽瓦克港，海浪有节奏地冲击着岸堤，多勃雷宁避开昏黄的灯光，独自一人站在阴影之中。戴着礼帽，竖起大衣衣领，像个剪影般地一动不动，静静地等待着。
12点整，一名四十岁左右的高个子男子身影，突然从另一处阴影里闪出，快速向他移动过来。
高个男子嘴里哼着：“花篮里花儿香，听我来唱一唱，唱一呀唱，来到了南泥湾……”
多勃雷宁接唱：“但愿从今后，你我永不忘，莫斯科郊外的晚上。”
两双大手紧紧握在了一起，异口同声轻轻喊道：同志！
多勃雷宁感觉手骨都快被握碎了，好不容易抽出手来，不动声色地揉了揉手。
“唐尼，我要被调回莫斯科了。”多勃雷宁说道。
“那我怎么办？”高个男子急问道。
“继续潜伏，等待命令。”
“会有别的联系人吗？”
多勃雷宁面色凝重地答道：“很长一段时间内，你在美国不会有联系人。”
“我不用做点什么吗？”
“你知道佐尔格吗？”多勃雷宁反问道。
高个男子点点头，“我的偶像，超级红色特工。”
“对，他是德国人，你也是德国后裔。”
“我们都痛恨资产阶级，请组织考验我吧。”高个男子握紧了拳头。
多勃雷宁拍了拍他的肩膀，“不，唐尼，你的任务是潜伏。”
“我要行动。”唐尼有些激动。
“苏维埃联盟将被敌人瓦解，你要坚持到打入敌人心脏那一天。”
唐尼悲伤地望向星空，“苏维埃联盟万岁！”
“真正的布尔什维克要勇敢面对现实，唐尼，组织上要将你打造成纽约房地产大亨。”
“可是，我又快破产了，老爸那点资本不够我……”
“组织上会给你安排运作资金的。”多勃雷宁递给了他一张大额支票。
“我一定会完成任务。”唐尼将支票快速塞入口袋。
“你在纽约，要比任何一个资本家更荒淫，更好色。FBI不会怀疑一个流氓的。”
“这个我没问题。”
“记住，你要变成一位讨政客喜欢的商人，并进入白宫。”
唐尼看了看四周，“然后，偷点情报？”
“能不能有点志向？你要成为白宫的主人。”多勃雷宁厉声说道。
“这怎么可能？”
“发动群众，扶助工农，与工人阶级站在一起。”
“但资产阶级报纸会放过我吗？它们会怀疑我勾结俄国人。”
“放心，唐尼，工农群众会支持你的。”
唐尼轻轻唱道：“工农兵联合起来，向前进,万众一心. 工农兵联合起来，向前进,消灭敌人……”
多勃雷宁看了看表，“时间不早了，唐尼，明年你可以来莫斯科观察一下，如果苏联不在了，你要有耐心。”
“那你呢？”
“我不重要，但克里姆林宫肯定还会出现大人物，到时，你的资料将被解封。”
“我到时会有新的上线？”
“是的，你的使命将被唤醒。”
“要多久？十年，二十年？“唐尼有些着急。
“一定要保重身体，哪怕到了古稀之年，你也要把打倒帝国主义和它的爪牙们的担子挑起来。”多勃雷宁伸出了手。
“您也保重。”唐尼紧紧握住他的手，多勃雷宁眼睛湿润了，因为骨头又碎了。
唐尼有点感动，掏出五百美元，“同志，请将我的党费交给组织。”
多勃雷宁点点头，接过钞票，打算离去。
唐尼又叫道：“等一下，同志，能还给我两百块吗？”
多勃雷宁楞了一下，“这事没有出尔反尔的。”
“我想起我还得吃宵夜呢，还给我三百块吧。”
“不是说两百吗？”
“有吗？我明明说的是三百。”他拉住了大使的衣袖。
多勃雷宁把三百块退回给他，迅速撤离。上车前，他觉得这颗“冷子”比他想象的破坏力还要大。
唐尼一个人走在纽瓦克港的阴影里，海风吹乱了他的头发，三十年后，一曲忠诚的赞歌在白宫奏响。
以上故事，纯属虚构，如有雷同，实属巧合
作者：后沙月光。
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Washington (CNN) - President Donald Trump is considering stripping a half-dozen former national security officials of their security clearances, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Monday, calling their public commentary about the ongoing Russia probe inappropriate.
Such a move would amount to an unprecedented use of presidential authority to punish political rivals. Critics quickly seized on the announcement, even as those under consideration downplayed the actual effect losing their clearances might have.
The list of former officials under consideration includes former CIA Director John Brennan, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, former FBI Director James Comey, former national security adviser Susan Rice, former deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe and former National Security Agency Director Michael Hayden, according to Sanders.
"They've politicized, and in some cases, monetized their public service," Sanders said during a press briefing. "Making baseless accusations of an improper relationship with Russia is inappropriate."
Sanders would not say when the President would make the decision; she said only that the White House would provide updates when it had them.
Two officials on her list -- Comey and McCabe -- no longer have security clearances, people familiar with the matter said.
The announcement, made from the White House podium, came after Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, tweeted that he planned to speak with Trump about removing Brennan's security clearance.
Later, Paul wrote that in their meeting, "I restated to him what I have said in public: John Brennan and others partisans should have their security clearances revoked."
Brennan declared last week that Trump's performance following a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki was "nothing short of treasonous."
A decision to strip a former official of a security clearance would prove a striking use of presidential power. Even Michael Flynn, Trump's onetime national security adviser who was fired during the Obama administration, maintained his clearance when he was acting as a campaign surrogate for Trump, often leading "lock her up" chants at political rallies.
Sanders did little to mask the political nature of Trump's threat, indicating the President was frustrated by the former officials' criticism of him.
"When you have the highest level of security clearance, when you're the person that holds the nation's deepest, most sacred secrets at your hands and you go out and you make false accusations against the President on the United States, he says that's something to be concerned with," Sanders said.
"We're exploring what those options are and what that looks like," she said of the process for removing the officials clearances.
When they leave government, national security officials routinely maintain their security clearances, partly to consult with those who replace them about ongoing situations or issues.
Officials also use their clearances to obtain high-paying consulting positions in the private sector.
"I think this is just a very, very petty thing to do. And that's about all I'll say about it," Clapper said on CNN immediately after Sanders' briefing.
"There is a formal process for doing this," he added. "But, you know, legally the President has that prerogative and he can suspend and revoke clearances as he sees fit. If he chooses to do it for political reasons, I think that's a terrible precedent and it's a really sad commentary and its an abuse of the system."
Hayden, meanwhile, indicated being stripped of his clearance would be of little consequence to his commentary.
"I don't go back for classified briefings. Won't have any effect on what I say or write," he tweeted.
Trump has harshly criticized intelligence officials from the previous administration, claiming they imbued the national security ranks with politics.
"Certainly, in the past, it's been terrible. You look at Brennan. You look at Clapper. You look at Hayden. You look at Comey. You look at McCabe," Trump said during a CBS News interview last week. "Certainly, I can't have any confidence in the past, but I can have a lot of confidence in the present and the future, because it's getting to be now where we're putting our people in. But in the past, no I have no confidence in a guy like Brennan. I think he's a total low life. I have no confidence in Clapper."
It is the President's prerogative to revoke security clearances, a former senior intelligence official said on Monday, who added that instances of such an occurrence were rare.
Usually former senior officials retain clearances so their successors can consult with them on a pro bono basis, the former official said.
Steven Aftergood, director of the Federation of American Scientists project on government secrecy, said that while Trump has the ultimate authority to revoke the clearances, he would first have to ask each agency that initially granted that clearance and order them to revoke it.
Aftergood said doing that would undermine and politicize the system.
"The idea that a president or a White House would single out individuals from a past administration who have been critical and revoke their clearances is not something we have ever seen before. It's not entirely clear how it could be performed," he said. "It undermines the integrity and the neutrality of security policy which is not based on political considerations but on professional character. That system would be undermined if it became a tool for settling political scores."
CNN's Mark Morales and Laura Jarrett contributed to this report.
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President Donald Trump is said to be considering revoking security clearance for ex-CIA boss John Brennan and other Obama-era critics of him.
The White House named six former intelligence, law enforcement and national security chiefs.
Press secretary Sarah Sanders said they had "politicised and in some cases monetised their public service" to make "baseless accusations" about Mr Trump.
But at least two of them no longer have security clearance.
In Monday's scheduled news conference, Mrs Sanders also cited:
- James Comey, former FBI director
- Andrew McCabe, former FBI deputy director
- James Clapper, former Director of National Intelligence
- Susan Rice, former National Security Adviser
- Michael Hayden, former National Security Agency director
The press secretary said Mr Trump "doesn't like the fact that people are politicising agencies and departments that are specifically meant to not be political and to be monetised off security clearances".
She said security clearance "provides inappropriate legitimacy to accusations with zero evidence".
Mr Clapper told CNN the plan was "a very, very petty thing to do".
He said it would be "a terrible precedent and a very sad commentary. And it's an abuse of the system."
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Trump recorded discussing paying for Playboy model's story of affair
President's onetime lawyer Michael Cohen had secretly recorded the conversation in 2016
A secretly recorded tape of Donald Trump by his longtime personal lawyer was played on CNN Tuesday night in which the two can be heard talking about a potential payment for a Playboy model's story about an alleged affair and the soon-to-be president is heard discussing whether to "pay with cash."
The audio recording, surreptitiously made by Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen two months before the 2016 presidential election, was provided to CNN by Cohen's attorney, Lanny Davis.
The conversation between Trump and Cohen came weeks after the National Enquirer's parent company reached a $150,000 deal to pay former Playboy model Karen McDougal for her story of a 2006 affair, which it never published, a tabloid practice known as catch and kill. Trump denies the affair ever happened and his campaign had said he knew nothing about the payment.
Trump and Cohen appear to be discussing buying the rights to McDougal's story from the Enquirer's parent company.
Trump lawyer audiotape reveals alleged payment conversation
00:00 00:44
'So what do we got to pay for this, one-fifty?': Trump to then lawyer Michael Cohen about $150K figure 0:44
Cohen can be heard on the tape saying that he needed to start a company "for the transfer of all of that info regarding our friend David," a possible reference to David Pecker, Trump's friend and president of the National Enquirer's parent company, American Media Inc.
When Cohen begins to discuss financing, Trump interrupts him and asks, "What financing?"
"We'll have to pay," Cohen responded.
The audio is muffled, but Trump can be heard saying "pay with cash," though it isn't clear if he is suggesting to pay with cash or not to pay with cash. Cohen immediately says, "No, no, no" and Trump can then be heard saying, "check" or "cheque."
Trump fired back at Cohen over the recording on Wednesday morning.
"What kind of lawyer would tape a client? So sad!" the president wrote on Twitter.
Trump's current attorney, Rudy Giuliani, told The Associated Press that he's had an expert enhance the recording and the president says "don't pay with cash."
"It clearly indicates that the president did not want to pay with cash. Suggesting otherwise is ridiculous and is inconsistent with the rest of the conversation, during which it was discussed doing it through a corporation," Giuliani said.
President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Cohen, as Trump's lawyer, thought it would be best if he could buy the rights to Karen McDougal's story. (Susan Walsh/Associated Press)
Giuliani said Cohen, as Trump's lawyer, thought it would be best if he could buy the rights to McDougal's story and the recording captures the two of them discussing how to do that.
"Cohen says I have to pay him. The president brings up cash and says don't pay with cash and says 'cheque,' He wants it memorialized," Giuliani said. "Cohen then says 'No, no, no, no' and he cuts off the tape. He obviously cuts it off in mid-sentence and that in itself is suspicious."
"The president wanted to do it the right way. If you wanted to hide something, you would not do it by corporation or check," he said.
'Listen to the tape'
The payment was never made and Giuliani said he didn't know why that was the case and hadn't discussed it with Trump.
"Listen to the tape. Donald Trump is not shocked money is being paid about someone named Karen McDougal," Davis said during an interview with CNN.
Davis said his client — who is under investigation by federal officials in New York — "has been disparaged and insulted and called all kinds of things."
"He's got truth on his side and he'll continue to tell the truth," Davis said.
Davis did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the AP on Tuesday night.
A dozen audio recordings
American Media, Inc.'s payment effectively silenced McDougal through the election, though days beforehand news of the deal emerged in The Wall Street Journal. At the time, a Trump spokesperson said his campaign had "no knowledge of any of this."
The FBI raided Cohen's office, home and hotel room in April, searching in part for information about payments to McDougal and porn actress Stormy Daniels, who says she had a sexual relationship with Trump in 2006 — which Trump denies — and was paid $130,000 as part of a non-disclosure agreement signed days before the 2016 election.
Karen McDougal is shown at a 2004 event in Hollywood, Calif. (Cherie Steinberg/Getty Images)
A dozen audio recordings seized during those raids were forwarded to federal prosecutors last week after lawyers dropped challenges on attorney-client privilege grounds.
Giuliani said those recordings captured Cohen discussing the president with third parties, who he would not identify. They are also being enhanced by experts, he said.
Trump and Cohen can also be heard on the recording released Tuesday discussing other legal issues, including fighting a request by The New York Times to unseal court records concerning Trump's divorce from his first wife, Ivana.
President's onetime lawyer Michael Cohen had secretly recorded the conversation in 2016
A secretly recorded tape of Donald Trump by his longtime personal lawyer was played on CNN Tuesday night in which the two can be heard talking about a potential payment for a Playboy model's story about an alleged affair and the soon-to-be president is heard discussing whether to "pay with cash."
The audio recording, surreptitiously made by Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen two months before the 2016 presidential election, was provided to CNN by Cohen's attorney, Lanny Davis.
The conversation between Trump and Cohen came weeks after the National Enquirer's parent company reached a $150,000 deal to pay former Playboy model Karen McDougal for her story of a 2006 affair, which it never published, a tabloid practice known as catch and kill. Trump denies the affair ever happened and his campaign had said he knew nothing about the payment.
Trump and Cohen appear to be discussing buying the rights to McDougal's story from the Enquirer's parent company.
Trump lawyer audiotape reveals alleged payment conversation
00:00 00:44
'So what do we got to pay for this, one-fifty?': Trump to then lawyer Michael Cohen about $150K figure 0:44
Cohen can be heard on the tape saying that he needed to start a company "for the transfer of all of that info regarding our friend David," a possible reference to David Pecker, Trump's friend and president of the National Enquirer's parent company, American Media Inc.
When Cohen begins to discuss financing, Trump interrupts him and asks, "What financing?"
"We'll have to pay," Cohen responded.
The audio is muffled, but Trump can be heard saying "pay with cash," though it isn't clear if he is suggesting to pay with cash or not to pay with cash. Cohen immediately says, "No, no, no" and Trump can then be heard saying, "check" or "cheque."
Trump fired back at Cohen over the recording on Wednesday morning.
"What kind of lawyer would tape a client? So sad!" the president wrote on Twitter.
Trump's current attorney, Rudy Giuliani, told The Associated Press that he's had an expert enhance the recording and the president says "don't pay with cash."
"It clearly indicates that the president did not want to pay with cash. Suggesting otherwise is ridiculous and is inconsistent with the rest of the conversation, during which it was discussed doing it through a corporation," Giuliani said.
President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Cohen, as Trump's lawyer, thought it would be best if he could buy the rights to Karen McDougal's story. (Susan Walsh/Associated Press)
Giuliani said Cohen, as Trump's lawyer, thought it would be best if he could buy the rights to McDougal's story and the recording captures the two of them discussing how to do that.
"Cohen says I have to pay him. The president brings up cash and says don't pay with cash and says 'cheque,' He wants it memorialized," Giuliani said. "Cohen then says 'No, no, no, no' and he cuts off the tape. He obviously cuts it off in mid-sentence and that in itself is suspicious."
"The president wanted to do it the right way. If you wanted to hide something, you would not do it by corporation or check," he said.
'Listen to the tape'
The payment was never made and Giuliani said he didn't know why that was the case and hadn't discussed it with Trump.
"Listen to the tape. Donald Trump is not shocked money is being paid about someone named Karen McDougal," Davis said during an interview with CNN.
Davis said his client — who is under investigation by federal officials in New York — "has been disparaged and insulted and called all kinds of things."
"He's got truth on his side and he'll continue to tell the truth," Davis said.
Davis did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the AP on Tuesday night.
A dozen audio recordings
American Media, Inc.'s payment effectively silenced McDougal through the election, though days beforehand news of the deal emerged in The Wall Street Journal. At the time, a Trump spokesperson said his campaign had "no knowledge of any of this."
The FBI raided Cohen's office, home and hotel room in April, searching in part for information about payments to McDougal and porn actress Stormy Daniels, who says she had a sexual relationship with Trump in 2006 — which Trump denies — and was paid $130,000 as part of a non-disclosure agreement signed days before the 2016 election.
Karen McDougal is shown at a 2004 event in Hollywood, Calif. (Cherie Steinberg/Getty Images)
A dozen audio recordings seized during those raids were forwarded to federal prosecutors last week after lawyers dropped challenges on attorney-client privilege grounds.
Giuliani said those recordings captured Cohen discussing the president with third parties, who he would not identify. They are also being enhanced by experts, he said.
Trump and Cohen can also be heard on the recording released Tuesday discussing other legal issues, including fighting a request by The New York Times to unseal court records concerning Trump's divorce from his first wife, Ivana.
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Trump recorded discussing paying for Playboy model's story of affair
President's onetime lawyer Michael Cohen had secretly recorded the conversation in 2016
A secretly recorded tape of Donald Trump by his longtime personal lawyer was played on CNN Tuesday night in which the two can be heard talking about a potential payment for a Playboy model's story about an alleged affair and the soon-to-be president is heard discussing whether to "pay with cash."
The audio recording, surreptitiously made by Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen two months before the 2016 presidential election, was provided to CNN by Cohen's attorney, Lanny Davis.
The conversation between Trump and Cohen came weeks after the National Enquirer's parent company reached a $150,000 deal to pay former Playboy model Karen McDougal for her story of a 2006 affair, which it never published, a tabloid practice known as catch and kill. Trump denies the affair ever happened and his campaign had said he knew nothing about the payment.
Trump and Cohen appear to be discussing buying the rights to McDougal's story from the Enquirer's parent company.
Trump lawyer audiotape reveals alleged payment conversation
00:00 00:44
'So what do we got to pay for this, one-fifty?': Trump to then lawyer Michael Cohen about $150K figure 0:44
Cohen can be heard on the tape saying that he needed to start a company "for the transfer of all of that info regarding our friend David," a possible reference to David Pecker, Trump's friend and president of the National Enquirer's parent company, American Media Inc.
When Cohen begins to discuss financing, Trump interrupts him and asks, "What financing?"
"We'll have to pay," Cohen responded.
The audio is muffled, but Trump can be heard saying "pay with cash," though it isn't clear if he is suggesting to pay with cash or not to pay with cash. Cohen immediately says, "No, no, no" and Trump can then be heard saying, "check" or "cheque."
Trump fired back at Cohen over the recording on Wednesday morning.
"What kind of lawyer would tape a client? So sad!" the president wrote on Twitter.
Trump's current attorney, Rudy Giuliani, told The Associated Press that he's had an expert enhance the recording and the president says "don't pay with cash."
"It clearly indicates that the president did not want to pay with cash. Suggesting otherwise is ridiculous and is inconsistent with the rest of the conversation, during which it was discussed doing it through a corporation," Giuliani said.
President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Cohen, as Trump's lawyer, thought it would be best if he could buy the rights to Karen McDougal's story. (Susan Walsh/Associated Press)
Giuliani said Cohen, as Trump's lawyer, thought it would be best if he could buy the rights to McDougal's story and the recording captures the two of them discussing how to do that.
"Cohen says I have to pay him. The president brings up cash and says don't pay with cash and says 'cheque,' He wants it memorialized," Giuliani said. "Cohen then says 'No, no, no, no' and he cuts off the tape. He obviously cuts it off in mid-sentence and that in itself is suspicious."
"The president wanted to do it the right way. If you wanted to hide something, you would not do it by corporation or check," he said.
'Listen to the tape'
The payment was never made and Giuliani said he didn't know why that was the case and hadn't discussed it with Trump.
"Listen to the tape. Donald Trump is not shocked money is being paid about someone named Karen McDougal," Davis said during an interview with CNN.
Davis said his client — who is under investigation by federal officials in New York — "has been disparaged and insulted and called all kinds of things."
"He's got truth on his side and he'll continue to tell the truth," Davis said.
Davis did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the AP on Tuesday night.
A dozen audio recordings
American Media, Inc.'s payment effectively silenced McDougal through the election, though days beforehand news of the deal emerged in The Wall Street Journal. At the time, a Trump spokesperson said his campaign had "no knowledge of any of this."
The FBI raided Cohen's office, home and hotel room in April, searching in part for information about payments to McDougal and porn actress Stormy Daniels, who says she had a sexual relationship with Trump in 2006 — which Trump denies — and was paid $130,000 as part of a non-disclosure agreement signed days before the 2016 election.
Karen McDougal is shown at a 2004 event in Hollywood, Calif. (Cherie Steinberg/Getty Images)
A dozen audio recordings seized during those raids were forwarded to federal prosecutors last week after lawyers dropped challenges on attorney-client privilege grounds.
Giuliani said those recordings captured Cohen discussing the president with third parties, who he would not identify. They are also being enhanced by experts, he said.
Trump and Cohen can also be heard on the recording released Tuesday discussing other legal issues, including fighting a request by The New York Times to unseal court records concerning Trump's divorce from his first wife, Ivana.
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