According to the draft, Ms. Clifford was referred to as “Peggy Peterson” and was represented by a lawyer named Keith Davidson. But shortly after the text message exchange, Ms. Clifford stopped responding. American Media, whose chief executive, David J. Pecker, is close with Mr. Trump, never published her story. It denied it had paid to lock down a story that would have been damaging to Mr. Trump. Ms. McDougal was represented by the same lawyer who represented Ms. Clifford, Keith Davidson.

Source: New York Times January 12, 2018 22:18 UTC