https://abcnews.go.com/US/inside-3-called-catch-kill-payments-trumps-indictment/story?id=98385606
Over the course of the 2016 presidential campaign, prosecutors claim that Trump, Cohen and Pecker collaborated on at least three occasions to execute this so-called "catch and kill" scheme -- to

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2024/05/30/trump-convicted-here-are-the-election-and-tax-laws-he-was-charged-with-breaking/
Topline. Jurors are now deliberating over whether former President Donald Trump should be convicted on 34 felony counts, with a verdict expected at any point—but in order for the charges to be

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-catch-kill-scheme-could-001501831.html
The prosecution in Donald Trump's hush money trial told the jury that the alleged "catch and kill" scheme to squash bad stories about the former president "could be what got Trump elected".

https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/apr/05/trumps-indictment-explained-falsifying-business-re/
The indictment and a related "statement of facts" in the case do not name the second crime that turns the misdemeanor records charge into a felony.. During the press conference, Bragg said the law

https://www.reuters.com/legal/what-charges-does-trump-face-new-yorks-hush-money-case-2023-04-05/
Prosecutors have alleged that was part of a broader "catch-and-kill" scheme to suppress negative news stories about Trump before the 2016 election in which Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton.

https://lawandcrime.com/trump/new-york-prosecutors-statement-of-facts-details-trumps-alleged-catch-and-kill-hush-money-payment-scheme/
New York prosecutor's statement of facts details Trump's alleged 'catch and kill' hush-money payment scheme. Former President Donald Trump appears in court for his arraignment, Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in New York. Trump surrendered to authorities ahead of his arraignment on criminal charges stemming from a hush money payment to a porn

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/01/politics/recap-trump-hush-money-trial/index.html
He also spoke about putting up the money to catch-and-kill the rights to former Playboy model Karen McDougal's story about an alleged affair with Trump, and about Trump's anger when the story

https://manhattanda.org/district-attorney-bragg-announces-34-count-felony-indictment-of-former-president-donald-j-trump/
During the election, TRUMP and others employed a "catch and kill" scheme to identify, purchase, and bury negative information about him and boost his electoral prospects. TRUMP then went to great lengths to hide this conduct, causing dozens of false entries in business records to conceal criminal activity, including attempts to violate

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-hush-money-trial-stormy-daniels-cohen-judge-merchan-rcna145941
The charges against Trump stem from an investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office into an alleged "catch and kill" scheme to bury negative stories about Trump before the 2016

https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-new-york-court-arraignment-04-04-23/h_6742bc3124aa322651c815fab9c019af
Manhattan prosecutors have placed Donald Trump at the center of an alleged "catch and kill" scheme to suppress negative stories about himself during his candidacy, according to the statement of

https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/trump-trial-testimony-david-pecker/
Pecker was the CEO of AMI until 2020. Former President Donald Trump looks on as David Pecker testifies, with an image of Trump and Karen McDougal in the background, during Trump's criminal trial

https://www.npr.org/live-updates/trump-indictment-arraignment-arrest-new-york
The second "catch and kill" took place in June of 2016 when Karen McDougal, a former Playboy Playmate, alleged that she had an affair with Trump while he was married. Trump, Cohen and AMI's CEO

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/23/catch-and-kill-scheme-takes-centre-stage-at-trump-hush-money-trial
The second day of Donald Trump's criminal trial began Tuesday with New York prosecutors expected to highlight a "catch and kill scheme" allegedly hatched by the former president and the

https://www.marieclaire.com.au/latest-news/trump-catch-and-kill-court-case-meaning/
Donald Trump after his arraignment hearing. (Credit: Image: Getty) The term "catch and kill" refers to a process where a person or entity looks for potentially negative stories and then buys

https://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/donald-trump-charges-indictment-new-york-city-bragg-qskrzndj
They relate to an alleged "catch-and-kill" scheme with American Media Inc., the former owners of the National Enquirer, to suppress two stories through a $30,000 payment made to a former Trump

https://nypost.com/2023/04/04/trumps-34-felony-charges-carry-a-136-year-maximum-sentence/
Trump, 76, is facing a total of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree, which each carry a maximum sentence of four years behind bars. Taken together, the ex-president

https://news.sky.com/story/donald-trump-latest-prosecutors-vote-to-indict-donald-trump-as-part-of-hush-money-investigation-12840161?postid=5710736
Prosecutors say Trump paid three people to keep quiet about affairs - in the so-called "catch and kill" scheme to bury negative information and boost election results. 19:30:01

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2856748/five-weaknesses-hush-money-case-against-trump/
Trump was indicted in late March 2023 over an alleged "catch-and-kill" scheme during the 2016 presidential campaign to create false business records to conceal an alleged affair with porn star

https://www.wcbe.org/npr-news/npr-news/2023-04-04/5-things-to-know-about-donald-trumps-felony-charges
Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts. The charges stem from an investigation led by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who alleges that Trump falsified business records to conceal damaging information from 2016 election voters. Trump is the first former president to face criminal charges — and he's

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/hush-money-trial-judge-to-rule-next-week-on-donald-trumps-alleged-gag-order-violation/ar-BB1lDYi9
Trump is the first former president to go on criminal trial, facing 34 felony charges from an alleged hush-money scheme. Trump has meanwhile already launched tirades against Merchan, Manhattan

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-gag-order-appeal-new-york-court-of-appeals/
New York's highest court ruled Tuesday that it will not consider former President Donald Trump's challenge to a gag order in the criminal case in which he was recently convicted of 34 felony

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/manhattan-prosecutors-reveal-election-crime-driving-trump-s-hush-money-case/ar-AA1nBdgD
Those charges are bumped up to felonies if they are done with the intent to "commit another crime or to aid or conceal" one. The crimes at the heart of the case stem from an alleged scheme to

https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/david-pecker-testifies-about-catch-and-kill-scheme-during-trump-hush-money-trial-209557573549
David Pecker resumed his testimony in the Trump hush money trial and discussed his relationship with the former president and his former lawyer, Michael Cohen. He detailed an alleged "catch-and

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/us/politics/house-republicans-trump.html
The history-making felony conviction of former President Donald J. Trump has raised some historic questions for the House's rules of decorum, which have existed for centuries but can be bent to

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trumps-biggest-legal-threats/ar-BB1oqA7F
After more than a year of investigating alleged efforts by Trump and his allies to manipulate and overturn his 2020 electoral loss in the state of Georgia, Fulton County District Attorney Fani

https://www.foxla.com/video/1202941
LA police chase ends in multi-vehicle crash on 405 Freeway. Former President Donald Trump is facing felony charges in the wake of his alleged involvement in the "catch and kill" scheme.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-faces-criminal-charges-27-people-previously-indicted/story?id=100413013
Not too long ago, Donald Trump said both Joe Biden and Barack Obama should "be in jail for 50 years." He also wondered why Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine and Republican Sen. Marco Rubio hadn't faced