Former American President Donald Trump asked to his former lawyer and confidant Michael Cohen What was the cost of an alleged extramarital affair with a Playboy model? Karen McDougal did not become known and could have affected his 2016 election campaign.

“So, how much does it cost? How much will we have to pay for this?– the former president is heard saying in an audio recording aired this Monday on the channel New York City Attorney’s Officemarking the first time Trump’s voice was heard during the trial.

The former head of the US administration is accused of falsification of accounting documents buy the silence of a porn actress Stormy Daniels and thus protect his reputation ahead of the 2016 elections, which he will ultimately win.

At the same time, he is accused of collaborating with an American tabloid. National Explorer apply tactics catch and kill (“catch and kill”) and thus acquire publication rights about supposed love affairs like McDougal’s story, only to finally leave them in a drawer and not be published.

The recording, which was previously provided to the jury according to US media, was made during a conversation between Cohen and Trump to convince the former editor of The National Enquirer, David Peckerthat he would be reimbursed for the $150,000 he paid the model to keep her quiet about her “affair.”

“This was so that I could show it to David Pecker so that he could hear the conversation so that he would know that Mr. Trump was going to return the money (…) I also wanted him to remain loyal to Mr. Trump,” he said. This Monday, Cohen argued about the reason for the recording.