Company in question is a ratfuck pro rump company, they would never do this unless...

i'm sure their cut of whatever she makes from the story will be very juicy....

flattering view of rump...as opposed to what Stormy has done, no other reason to release her

they paid money to kill the story at a time when the story was not worth so much and it would have killed access to many stories about donnie, which collectively were worth more to them at the time.

the situation's completely different now. they have no special access to donnie to get stories about him the way they did when he was just a real estate mogul and game show host, and the mcdougal story is way more valuable now that he's president.

there may well be some personal/political stuff going on, but the economics alone can explain this one.


in terms of political impact, though, i kinda doubt she'll do anything more than fill in a few details that don't really matter.
it'll sell a lot of papers, though.

I am no expert, but the McDougall case has always seemed just a bit vague in some way.......although I am no way a legal expert. Might be an attempt to tie the two cases together in public perception.

"......protects the president from being drawn into a legal case involving efforts to buy the silence of women who had stories to tell about him during the 2016 campaign."

I read a little but had to leave and didnt know if clicking on it more than once would use up visits like WAPO

As was later noted, there are probably some quids for quos.

secret communication between the owners and the Trump campaign which could open them up to a number of potential criminal charges.

...you might say.

it was pretty hum-drum boring. All she did was praise trump hoping to get some kind of great job. She didn't come off having credibility. I think everyone has lost interest in her.

[From the NYT article]
"where federal investigators obtained email communications, audio recordings and other documentation from Mr. Cohen"
"Those materials included information about American Media and the McDougal suit, people involved in the case said."

More "grist for the mill" ..which is good, imo.