Article snippet: MORE's longtime lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen secretly taped a conversation he had with the president ahead of the 2016 election about paying a Playboy model who says she had an affair with Trump — and the FBI has the tape, according to an explosive new report in The New York Times. The FBI seized the secret recording made by Cohen during a raid on his offices earlier this year, the Times reported Friday. The Times reports that Cohen and Trump reportedly discussed a payment to Karen McDougal, a former Playboy model who says she had a yearlong affair with Trump starting in 2006, shortly after he married now-first lady MORE. The conversation took place two months ahead of the 2016 election. The Washington Post also reported that the FBI seized a tape of Cohen's that discusses payments involving McDougal, but it had some conflicting details. It said that Trump and Cohen were discussing a payment for McDougal's story about her alleged affair. American Media Inc., the publisher of the National Enquirer, purchased the rights to McDougal's story in August 2016 for $150,000 but never ran the piece. Trump and Cohen discussed buying McDougal's story from AMI during the recorded conversation, according to the Post. The newspaper reported that it's unclear why the men ultimately did not buy the story but they were reportedly discussing the same amount that the publisher paid McDouga. Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani confirmed to the Post that the recording existed, but did not ... Link to the full article to read more