FEC fines National Enquirer publisher over Trump hush-money payment

The $187,500 fine came after the commission found that American Media Inc., whose successor is A360 Media, LLC, made an illegal corporate campaign contribution by paying $150,000 during Trump’s first presidential campaign to prevent former Playboy model Karen McDougal from going public with her claims of an affair. Trump has denied the affair.A spokesman for A360 Media did not immediately comment.The FEC conciliation agreement with A360 Media — made public by Common Cause, which had filed a complaint about the

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