Michael Cohen, former personal attorney for U.S. President Donald Trump, exits the Loews Regency Hotel, May 11, 2018 in New York City. Getty Images

Daniels has said she had her own tryst with Trump in 2006, the same year in which McDougal has said she began a nearly yearlong affair with him, and the same year in which his wife Melania gave birth to their son, Barron. The Times reported that lawyers for Cohen had discovered the tape relating to McDougal when they were reviewing items seized from Cohen, and shared the tape with attorneys for Trump. McDougal sold her account of the alleged liaison with the future president to The National Enquirer for $150,000 before the November 2016 election. But the Trump-friendly supermarket tabloid did not publish it before Election Day.

Trump proposed cash payment: Source