Journo caught up in Donald Trump—Stormy Daniels trial seen having beer with Wayne Carey
Dylan Howard — the Aussie journalist who found himself at the centre of the sensational Donald Trump versus porn star Stormy Daniels hush money trial — has caught up with AFL great Wayne Carey in Melbourne.
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Dylan Howard — the man at the centre of the Trump trial — appears to have surfaced in a Melbourne bar, with none other than former AFL great Wayne Carey.
Howard who was under the radar in Australia during the sensational hush money trial in New York, is seen with Carey in the picture uploaded to social media along with Tony Sheahan, the son of legendary sports writer Mike Sheahan.
Howard is pictured in two images smiling for the camera with a local in one and along with Sheahan and Carey doing what appears to be a “blue steel’ social media pose in another.
Oh to be a fly on the wall at the chat between the trio!
The photos of Howard, Carey and Sheahan enjoying a night out and posing for photos with a local appeared on Facebook a week ago.
It is unclear how long ago the night out happened, but Sheahan and Howard are mates from their days at Channel 7 in the early 2000s and Carey is close with Sheahan.
When contacted on Saturday, Sheahan said he and Carey had caught up with Howard a couple of times in recent months, but he could not remember when the last time was, nor when photographed with him.
Minutes after the call, the images were removed from the public Facebook page where they had been posted.
Howard was named a key player in US tabloid the National Enquirer’s “catch and kill” strategy to bury negative stories about Donald Trump, including a pay-off to porn star Stormy Daniel, in the lead up to his victory in the 2016 American presidential election.
Between 2013 and 2019 he was editorial boss of American Media Inc., which publishes the National Enquirer.
While he gave evidence to a grand jury, Howard did not appear during Trump’s criminal trial in New York last month where the former US president was found guilty on 34 hush money charges.
Instead, Howard was in Australia, with the Manhattan court told he had a spinal condition and could not travel overseas.
Howard has been something of a man of mystery this year with the images of the media boss enjoying a night out with mates marking the first time he has been seen in Australia since he returned from the US well before the Trump trial took place.
Following the verdict in the Trump trial Howard’s US lawyer, John B Harris, told the Herald Sun his client was only acting on instructions in the catch and kill scheme.
“Whether his testimony played a role in Mr Trump’s indictment is a matter of conjecture and, as is self-evident, a jury convicted Mr Trump beyond a reasonable doubt without consideration of Mr. Howard’s testimony,” Mr Harris said.
“Mr Howard was neither the architect of nor a proponent of ‘catch and kill’.
“He did not act for his own personal benefit, but instead acted at the behest and direction of his former employer. Mr Howard has never been charged with violating any US law.”
Originally published as Journo caught up in Donald Trump—Stormy Daniels trial seen having beer with Wayne Carey
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