How Trump's sex scandal secrets were exposed and spilled into public awareness

Before they were at the heart of Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York, and even before they were political scandals, the possibility of Trump paying hush money to a Playboy playmate and/or a porn star was the subject of some investigative reporting. Michael Rothfeld, investigative reporter for the New York Times, talks with Alex Wagner about how he and his colleagues at the Wall Street Journal chased down the story of Donald Trump paying hush money to keep his sexual affairs quiet ahead of the 2016 election.
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#HopeHicks #DolnaldTrump #hushmoney

[@Ockv74]

Lock him up for the good of the Country and the World!!! 💙 💙 💙

[@kingmichaelthelastwarrior]

Indeed!

[@Toekneepowers]

For what?

[@Ockv74]

@CookieMonster-- Troll!!! 💙 💙 💙

[@Ockv74]

@@Toekneepowers Troll!!! 💙 💙 💙

[@Toekneepowers]

@@Ockv74 Maybe you can tell me for what?

[@user-pn5gl5in7p]

Its not the fact that he had these affairs who care about that its the fact that he is morally unfit to be a president and he knows it which is why he coverd it up

[@neverendingstory5426]

Exactly 💯

[@sherrih6375]

Which answers why the GOP has bowed down to him, because Trump has used this for leverage every since. Scum Trump.

[@Jc-sd5xt]

​@@sherrih6375it's about Biden selling out the usa

[@AnonymOus-dp3jj]

@@neverendingstory5426 yeah any man who showers with their underage daughter naked should not be morally fit!!

[@louispaparella5766]

yet you voted for clinton

[@zeldasmith6154]

DT is a total sleaze.

[@swampy6194]

@CookieMonster--- bot

[@The123fiona]

​@@swampy6194Even worse; a condescending troll.

[@Alloytribe86]

Joe took showers with his daughter for christ sake

[@BKT42]

Anyone who tries to normalize Trump after January 6th is either a billionaire or a blow hard.

[@rickallen1908]

​@@Alloytribe86 Not according to his daughter.

[@gloriabernardo3978]

Throwing Trump in jail will surely give him a lesson for the rest of his life.

[@Jc-sd5xt]

Go ahead throw him in jail 😂 you'll are morons

[@vitaminckillscovid103]

Or you can just accept him as the next president

[@emilyrandall9968]

Please, I hope that Frump breaks the gag order again for Judge Merchen to do that for at least 48 hours to start. However, I'm not going to imagine what he'll look like without a hairdresser or bronzer .😂

[@rreichertbkk]

I hope it is just"when" and not any "if"

[@lynnmcclary]

I truthfully would prefer that he stays on trial til the end, I believe he is trying to become a master for his base in order to rile them up. Just my opinion 🤷

[@LindaC-ze5ob]

Thank you Michael Rothfeld. 👍👍

[@Bildgesmythe]

Lock him up!

[@Toekneepowers]

For what?

[@jonestownkoolaid371]

Do you not get it. This is not an offense he can get locked up for. People are so dumb. Another slam dunk for Trump.

[@apt1smith51]

​@@jonestownkoolaid371 WRONG 🤣🤣🤣💩💩💨💨💨🤧

[@MisterP1234]

Why do you not like Trump? Is it because your a communist and you fall for the propaganda?

[@herballycorrect]

The last time the Democrats hated a president this much was Abraham Lincoln!

[@natlegend]

So gross. And you guys went ahead and voted him in anyway.

[@unclescipio3136]

That's the real problem right there. In a decent country, he would be selling pencils from a cup on the street when he wasn't in a padded cell. That America is a place where someone like that can succeed at anything is a weakness in America.

[@markcosenza3274]

And Bill Clinton?😂😂

[@oleladywho]

Quite a few voted for Trump disgustingly but he did not win the popular vote, sadly he won by the electoral college vote. If we could only go back !

[@markcosenza3274]

@@oleladywho Still can't find a man?

[@agolftwittler1223]

"Still can't find a man?" There's no end to the silly questions a *Qaren* can bring itself to ask. Another question often asked by *Qarens* is "What is a woman?" We are truly down to basics here 😂

[@stevehazlewood2960]

Yes Donny its called Election Interference Dude...after Hope's testimony today it's called Goodbye Mr. Trump....

[@Jc-sd5xt]

Humm no not really just sinks Biden with the hunter laptop you'll still don't get it 😂

[@marklasky3555]

False you didn't watch anything clown

[@toriawilliams9431]

​@@Jc-sd5xtHunters lap top is a dead story He spoke to congress ,they even let it go BYE with this old 💩 Miss me with Hunter he not running for office. Trump is facing charges in how many states & DC He a career criminal trying to get back in office forever to become a dictator

[@bouhhgz1969]

​@@Jc-sd5xt- nice try. There's nothing on Joe - even repukes in congress failed to prove otherwise. You guys are backing the wrong horse & there will be tears later. 😂

[@james-rd4dq]

@@Jc-sd5xt Hunter just filed a lawsuit against FOX NEWS

[@nc178]

Imagine having this rack of charges like this and then tryin to hustle bibles

[@Batfan166]

@nc178 Nauseating, isn't it?

[@halberderdier8073]

It's hard to understand if this can be called hypocrisy or just pure brainlessness.

[@anthonygriffin1958]

@nc178, it's something only an egotistical & narcissistic mindset is capable of in today's society.

[@Adam.Langton]

Barron must be so excited Donald is coming to his graduation. A real role model for the kids. I wonder how much Melania will have to pay another mother to switch seats with her, and how long before THAT mother files charges for inappropriate touching?

[@mark-ish]

Nah, dump poorleone has booked a game of golf instead.

[@jabbermocky4520]

Forget the mothers, watch out for the female graduates of that high school class. 17 and 18 year old girls need to be "inspected" by the filthy old man, remember?

[@fionakelleghan3267]

lol! We have all become so cynical, Adam, haven't we? If DJT is a germaphobe, how can he stand to touch and even grab strangers - ugh, it's hard to linger on such images.

[@mccabbage3544]

SO AS U & UR PARENTS.

[@Adam.Langton]

@@mccabbage3544 Huh?

[@lightwillprevail]

Great subtitle on the book! Thanks for the great report Alex 👍

[@carolwilliams7052]

👉 guilty Guilty GUILTY - - djt and ALL his cohorts who assisted him in his egregious behavior !!! 😝

[@vitaminckillscovid103]

Is that why he'll be your next president?

[@marknewman8368]

AS IF YOU NEVER CHEATED

[@bouhhgz1969]

​@@marknewman8368- you think that excuses Donnie? Think again

[@liberatedwoman]

Trump was never morally, emotionally, mentally, physically, or ethically, qualified to run for the presidency of the United States of America. He wasn’t just the worst president; he was the worst human being who ever walked into the Oval Office. 💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙

[@wiscokiddd]

Trump exposed the underbelly of America.

[@josefeibl8230]

He was easily the best President of the 21st century 😑! Especially after Obama.

[@randyshort4258]

Funny how the "worst President" grew a better economy, rebuilt the military, made historic peace agreements and strengthened NATO

[@randyshort4258]

😂😂😂clueless.

[@wiscokiddd]

@@randyshort4258 A zombie drone bot Cult45 loser calling someone else clueless, priceless!

[@tjhill4044]

She didn't know about McDogall being a sort of 3rd daughter to Trump, being with him every day???? Yeah, I surely believe that!

[@MsHotcook]

Hope hicks cried but she didn't cry about the missing children that were taken from their parents,she didn't cry about the access Hollywood tape, she didn't cry for the south of the people who died through trump's mishandling of COVID so give me a break

[@user-gz9ty9md4v]

Bimbo tears...

[@BoatmakerBot]

Alright, you have your break. Cheerio

[@Batfan166]

​@@BoatmakerBot Clearly, you don't care either. You're showing your true colors, Trumper.

[@Batfan166]

​@BoatmakerBot I see you're one of those hide the truth to get our candidate elected kind of people. That's election interference and it's a crime

[@BoatmakerBot]

@@Batfan166 Lol How did you deduce i am trumper from that? I assume you have enough usable grey matter to do better than that. Perhaps you are projecting

[@lynnel.1083]

I really enjoyed hearing from Michael Rothfeld!

[@marylamb9708]

This journalist Rothfeld would've made a great witness.

[@michel3691]

If his story was done on interviews and reports, it would have been hearsay. I'm not a djt fan. I just see that being used.

[@kinngrimm]

why? Those he reported about and mentioned in his reporting, those were the actual actors in this play and they seem all in court. So what does the court need him for?

[@deewolfelady8810]

About time.. How about putting this on mainstream... PLEASE

[@peacheswilliams4539]

Mainstream media wants to treat Trump like he is a NORMAL candidate, just for RATINGS.....They totally IGNORE all the horrible things he has done..

[@royroy3]

What are you talking about? NBC is as mainstream as it can get 😂😂😂

[@24Wynn]

​@@royroy3This is MSNBC. Not NBC.

[@sherryhannah498]

@deewolfelady8810 do not say please ever again it is unwanted unnecessary unneeded out of date and annoying like Trump and his flunkies and Kristi Noem...I downvoted you cause you said please

[@marknewman8368]

I BET YOU'RE A GOSSIPER

[@uchennaagwu9283]

We need to all come out and VOTE. Get your family and friends to VOTE. VOTE President Biden 2024. VOTE BLUE 💙 🗳 ☑️

[@BudBoomer-st2be]

Hard NO!

[@agolftwittler1223]

"BudBoomer" joined YT Feb. 29th 2024. Just a newly born *Qaren* struggling to earn a few *rubles* before it's all over.

[@agolftwittler1223]

"We just left *Moscow."* "He *(Vlad)* couldn't be nicer." "He is so nice and so *everything."* Donald John Trump verbatim, 2014.

[@agolftwittler1223]

"We don't rely on American banks." "We have *all* the funding we need out of *Russia."* Eric Trump verbatim, 2014.

[@agolftwittler1223]

"There's two people I think *Putin* pays: Rohrabacher and *Trump."* Kevin McCarthy verbatim, 2016. So the *GQP* did indeed know all along.

[@Pixx4you]

Just when you thought it couldn't get any crazier . . . ! Stay tuned - more to come.

[@JohnSmith-fe5br]

As long as Fox is allowed to spew misinformation and its audience wanting the lies, it will only get worse.

[@howie4150]

The CEO of IKEA was elected Prime Minister in Sweden. He should have his cabinet together by the end of the weekend.

[@donofon1014]

with 2 ministries left over.

[@micheleconner5083]

😂😂😂😂

[@user-li5vr6cd6o]

Prosecution need to ask Hicks, if she was paid, same's Stormee..😮..

[@colonelfares3857]

Al Capone fell for tax evasion, Trump will fall for affairs 🤷‍♂️

[@julesnagbunga1204]

No! He will fall due to the misappropriation of election funds.

[@douglasl5093]

I think Trump has a double header, taxes and affairs.

[@Ivehadenuff]

Trump is falling for election interference.

[@ashleyparks1738]

I doubt it bc nothing surprises me anymore. Trump has always been untouchable but I don't want him to be president again

[@1369jsj]

Barron must be very proud of his dad. He must be happy daddy tramp will be at his graduation.

[@maureenreynolds2083]

Is it because Trump makes everyone know he is rich that it is Ok for him to be misogynistic?

[@mark-ish]

“when you’re a star, they let you do it,” Donald Poorleone.

[@The123fiona]

I suspect you've confused cause and effect Maureen. He's misogynistic and that's the reason he proclaims how wealthy he is.

[@kennixox262]

Trump is what poor people think that what rich people are. Truly wealthy people are discreet and not vulgar like Trump and his ilk. Wealth whispers and never shouts.

[@GK-arcadia]

He has said, "When you're famous, you can do whatever you want." He is such a sleaze 🤮

[@jabbermocky4520]

He was born a "star" which means that he had a rich daddy. In his mind, he can do anything he wants to anyone he chooses. For free. He believes his father's money makes him the "owner" of whichever females he uses, abuses and defames. Affluenza and Dementia are a bad mix.

[@joseestrada395]

So pathetic how he slept with them and then left money on the table, meaning he is aware of reality, how does the song go? “It’s about the money, money” not because any of them was attracted to him. He wants to feel powerful were he can buy anyone if he pleases.

[@FranklinWilson-ev9dq]

She Was In Denial, Then!!!!!!!!!!

[@lightwillprevail]

And now 😠 poor baby 😭

[@johngodley256]

Denial and then did not need a capital letter, you fake.

[@danacallanan2922]

I guess that Trump's family man claims are finally put to bed !

[@Mark-ok8ss]

Just ask Ivanka 🤮🤣

[@halberderdier8073]

To multiple beds....

[@Steve-gc5nt]

Lots of triggered Russian trolls out and about today 😂😂

[@Jc-sd5xt]

For what? Exactly?

[@monkeylips4U]

​@@Jc-sd5xtFree cookies.

[@Jc-sd5xt]

​@@monkeylips4Ufor you having zero critical thinking skills 👌

[@donofon1014]

Well two of the funders of teen trolls are now identified.

[@sparkle3000]

Every man's worst nightmare, every wife's embarrassment, now the side chickens are finding out about one another. Not at the risk of our national security though. Vote 💙

[@MPMMPM-vy9cu]

Hope Hicks knew about tRump's affairs with other women. I'm sick of anchors who try to soften the blow with comments that Hicks wasn't in the info loop🤬

[@jscarpa2002]

Party of "Family values".

[@Dr_1212]

Trump For Prison 2024

[@marysabbath6453]

Thank you Michael Rothfeld.

[@konradyearwood5845]

If it was not for the delays that Trump is being allowed to manufacture can you imagine the amount of sewage that would by now have been exposed to all of America about the man and his minions? 2015 to 2025 (and maybe beyond) will be a shameful era in American judicial history.

[@casbot71]

Karen McDougall looks a lot like Hope Hicks, just saying.

[@donofon1014]

and EJC who was not Trumps' "type" looked so much like his then wife .. he could not distinguish one from the other.

[@andredicke3866]

ÀND..STORMY ..ÀND KAREN ..ÀND .. MELANIA..ÀND IVANKA..ÀND....... Dirty old man 🤑!! With love from Holland 🇳🇱

[@halberderdier8073]

Well, but with centre of gravity placed higher up and forward.....

[@DragonHeart613]

Who's Hope Hicks?

[@trentalpha7749]

Donald Trump would fit well in Philippine Politics 😂

[@Jc-sd5xt]

Only problem with that Is the eo that gave military control over the executive branch in October 2020

[@donofon1014]

Bang Bang meets Bong Bong.

[@shiddykiddy-lp4dz]

You couldn't pay me to had ever let that thing touch me 🤢 Gross 😭🤢

[@sallypilcher7845]

Very sick and tired of DT.

[@anniehuckerby9281]

Good guest ❤

[@christineolsson5037]

Too bad Hicks doesn't go in as a co conspirator

[@tcandrews8430]

She would have been if she chose to to cooperate.

[@maryhjort7318]

LOVE THE TITLE of his book!

[@christleoliu2257]

This is a good lesson for the next U.S president nobody's above the law don't take it for Grant it

[@eddievasquez6367]

What a sleaze and not laughable.

[@w.arning]

Remember when HOPE was Obama's campaign slogan?

[@cindytripp]

Si sey puede.

[@dextraze]

the fact remains that having an affair is NOT AGAINST THE LAW,,,,

[@user-hi9vw5nb1o]

Time to play trump monopoly 1. Go directly to jail 2. Do not Pass Mara Lego 3. Do not forget to take your orange jumpsuit 4.😊

[@Cleme21]

I'll wait on Frontline.

[@williampatrickfagan7590]

As i learned as a young man He who dips his wick, must pay for the oil. Dettol Donny is doing that during the trial.

[@whiskyjames4200]

Hope Hicks cried, because she [denied] lied.

[@Ivehadenuff]

I think she had an affair with Trump and found out that he cheated on her. That’s why she didn’t know about McDougal. Hicks pressed his pants while he was wearing them. I think she must have felt comfortable around his privates.

[@jbtpa895]

What's wrong with these women? It would make my skin crawl to be in the same room.

[@edward2448]

How did these beautiful women allow this animal to crawl on top of them.

[@misterleo3554]

I wrote to Hope Hicks to try to convince her to destroy Donald Trump.

[@sherryhannah498]

@misterleo3554 I hope you will reply to this is this true??????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[@michellebrown4903]

​@@sherryhannah498 " l cannot recall...." pleading the 5th seems to be popular at the moment.

[@albertchehade9916]

This guy puts Nixon to shame, and then some!

[@kencook7924]

And his lead is still gaining

[@user-cf1fc8zf3r]

Liberated- really liked him a lot, didn’t you?

[@elmaluna9429]

Tell the truth Trump. Ask for forgiveness.

[@elmaluna9429]

Trump is in the toilet!

[@Steve-gc5nt]

He's not a big enough man to ever accept he's done wrong.

[@derrickburwell7777]

​@CookieMonster-- Obviously he is stoppable, or he'd be President right now.

[@bouhhgz1969]

​@CookieMonster-- - you spelled pathetic wrong

[@grahambrown1492]

he is hard wired to lie, even when he does not have too.

[@drawkcabgnivird]

Apparently were getting " the rest of the story " and apparently " drowzy donnie " slept thru a couple of his grabbings .

[@cdlthelion6034]

Facts and evidence are good to have as a prosecutor but witnesses is the icing on a cake.

[@PaloDuro1021]

It’s not WORRR…KING!😂

[@sashakasprzyk5683]

The judge should order a mental health evaluation of Trump: Donald clearly can't control his own speech.

[@markcosenza3274]

His poll numbers are rising as Biden's are sinking!😂😂

[@sashakasprzyk5683]

@@markcosenza3274 Misinformation. Fake News, Bore Us.

[@user-kr4xi1fh5n]

Neither can biden period

[@seanmccartney5177]

Howz Only Fans

[@sashakasprzyk5683]

@@seanmccartney5177 How's the gaybar scene.?

[@JimTimber]

Trump for GAOL 2024 💪💪🎈🎈🦆🦆

[@martinhumble]

I enjoy myself so much, please continue. Tell me more - fascism; I like it

[@JMBeaushriimp]

Remember Bill Clinton and what was on the dress?

[@L3L3L3]

That’s so 1990s.

[@patsystrickland3447]

He was impeached for it too!

[@lisakirkey2925]

What Trump has done makes Bill look like a Saint. We've only begun to hear the whole truth. Get out your beer and popcorn, it's going to be wild!

[@louispaparella5766]

@@lisakirkey2925 hold my beer

[@kshred3043]

Not defending the morality of the act but the key difference is that there was no influence of an election involved and therefore no campaign finance violation. Let's not forget that Trump getting elected resulted in literally hundreds of thousands of American dying unnecessarily as a direct result of his mishandling of the pandemic. They may well be alive if the hush money payment hadn't happened.

[@reason6835]

Hope Hicks is freakin smokin hot!

[@JohnWerner-te5zy]

Irrelevant comment.

[@mark-ish]

If only she had two brain cells to fill the void in between her ears.

[@lightwillprevail]

Her best asset for manipulation besides the poor me's! 😭

[@donofon1014]

The extremely pretty girl grows up with almost nobody saying NO .. and bending over backwards to be nice and noticed. The incidence of narcissism among the freakin' hot is high. Rent.. do not own.

[@donofon1014]

very freakin' hot women have often grown up getting used to be adored and catered to. A common source of narcissism.

[@ronbelanger4113]

Sure , this is the first time Cheeto's scam life has ever been reported.

[@user-ed9qr1uj6f]

Wo wo that's not what I wanted 😅

[@Toekneepowers]

Happy funday Friday fact. The president has unilateral and complete authority to declassify material.

[@jabbermocky4520]

Not with his mind. There is a process and a protocol involved. Ex-presidents cannot declassify anything. Make up some more false Friday frauds.

[@RobinMcMullen]

What's your evidence for that assertion?

[@Toekneepowers]

@@RobinMcMullen Your favorite source for information. Would you like it for a good read?

[@pbbgabatino]

TITLE SUGGESTION, THE LADIES & THE DOG!?

[@mahgismom]

Crazy that we can't watch the trial.

[@DELARVS]

get ‘em boys

[@saiedsalami6020]

Alex , you are such a cool girl with brain , Keep it going 😅

[@user-ru2xf4tv7v]

Uggh too gross to think about! That’s a nightmare that would keep me awake!

[@TheEnrico911]

Sad when you go to buy some P especially if you millionaire😂 😂

[@charlesuding8003]

Think about how many we don’t know about.

[@ericgugi8912]

Ginger or MaryAnne ???

[@hikertrash2956]

BILL and TRUMP are studs

[@teamridgeback]

EWW THE ANGRY INCH

[@crowlimite]

Karen is a keeper Donald, you should have dumped Malania

[@four4eyes]

Surely he must have bragged about them .

[@lawrencef4356]

They will be an overlap of Karen and security service ..he must have used them to visit Karen in 2015-2017 .there will be records

[@bsing2u]

I see the thimb nail and 🤮🤮 Why would anyone even flirt with DJT.

[@user-gz9ty9md4v]

Hope this reporter/author has a body guard...

[@lucabops4778]

He's got good taste

[@frankmcmahon5820]

Any way you cut it trump a creep

[@melindamcafee1728]

How in the world could anyone stomach sleeping with Trump?

[@user-nc4nw5jr7u]

Love your show 🙏🏽💙🤍🤍🤍🤍

[@user-ed9qr1uj6f]

We been chasing this story for 40 yrs 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@johnboy6916]

How about the Doorman Bribery scheme ?

[@user-fm8rc4zh4h]

i forgot what this "trial" was supposed to be about

[@cherylvoss3922]

Do we really think that the big orange baby was without scandal?

[@andrewhaag2422]

I think Mr Al-KaPORN is in DEEP Kimchi !! 😜🌹🔥🥺🔥🎉🔥💙🇱🇷💙🇱🇷💙🇱🇷💙🇱🇷💙🇱🇷💙🇱🇷💙🇱🇷💙

[@michaelmurphy6195]

I guess Biteme can't win spit without throwing Trump in jail.

[@Loumag-ky9bz]

Hope needs to spill the real truth behind her tears. You know the prev in chief made a move. “I’m automatically attracted to beautiful women - I just start kissing them, it’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything," No way he didn’t. She is absolutely is trying not to think about it. He is that sick!!!!

[@jdpatrick1106]

why did the women settle for so little?

[@micheleconner5083]

They didn't have as good an attorney as E Jean Carrol had? Bet they both slapped their foreheads when they found out how much she got!!😂😂😂

[@Ivehadenuff]

The way she cried on the stand, I bet Trump had an affair with Hope Hicks, too.

[@lizbethartemis4886]

👎. Payton Place - a soap opera 😂

[@michaelmurphy6195]

Well, he was extorted by Avanatti, and then Avanatti figure he could extort more by releasing it

[@joboygbpedwards]

The Don sure can pick em. Barack picked Larry.

[@tj2791]

Bought their dresses from the same store.