Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s Tuesday press release led some liberals to believe that former President Donald Trump had a child out of wedlock, though Bragg’s own documents have cast doubt on the claim.
Bragg’s press release on Trump’s indictment stated that American Media Inc. (AMI) — a media company that allegedly worked with Trump’s team to “catch and kill” negative stories before the 2016 election — “paid $30,000 to a former Trump Tower doorman, who claimed to have a story about a child TRUMP had out of wedlock.”
Liberal social media users jumped on the statement, with many taking the allegation as fact.
WOW — Trump paid a doorman $30,000 in hush money to not reveal a SECRET CHILD HE HAD OUT OF WEDLOCK 👀https://t.co/kFSISOGjZz
— LeGate🤠 (@williamlegate) April 4, 2023
Whew. According the indictment, Trump allegedly Trump paid a doorman $30,000 to keep a child he had out of wedlock secret.
— Keith Edwards (@keithedwards) April 4, 2023
Trump paid $130,000 to a porn star with whom he had an affair
He paid $150,000 to a Playboy bunny with whom he had an affair
He paid $30,000 to a doorman who knew about the kid he had out of wedlock
Orange Jesus can’t seem to keep his mushroom in his pants 🍄
— Lindy Li (@lindyli) April 4, 2023
Although Bragg’s press release was technically true, it was missing context. His own Statement of Facts, linked on the DA website, stated that AMI had “concluded” that the doorman’s claims were false, but still wanted to keep him quiet until after the election. (RELATED: Trump Pleads Not Guilty To 34 Charges, Indictment Unsealed)
“When AMI later concluded that the story was not true, the AMI CEO wanted to release the Doorman from the agreement. However, Lawyer A instructed the AMI CEO not to release the Doorman until after the presidential election, and the AMI CEO complied with that instruction because of his agreement with the Defendant and Lawyer A,” the Statement of Facts read.
In 2018, CNN identified the doorman as Dino Sajudin, and released the “source agreement” between him and AMI.
At the time, Sajudin maintained that the story of the out-of-wedlock child was true.
“Today I awoke to learn that a confidential agreement that I had with AMI (The National Enquirer) with regard to a story about President Trump was leaked to the press. I can confirm that while working at Trump World Tower I was instructed not to criticize President Trump’s former housekeeper due to a prior relationship she had with President Trump, which produced a child,” he told CNN at the time.
Sajudin’s claims have not been substantiated, CNN reported.
The unidentified woman at the center of the story denied the doorman’s claims in 2018.
“This is all fake,” she said, according to the New York Post.