A book written by a former Trump Tower doorman that was included in a list of testimony presented to the grand jury in Donald Trump’s criminal investigation is prompting questions about its relevance in the prosecution’s case, Newsweek reports.

A list of publications about Trump was released Friday, and it includes books by the former president’s fixer and attorney, Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels, and a number of books by Trump himself. But that list also includes Trump Doorman, a book written in 2019 by Dino Sajudin, who according to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s statement of facts in the case against the former president, was paid $30,000 by American Media Inc. (AMI) for the exclusive rights.

In his book, Sajudin alleges that Trump fathered a child out of wedlock with a Trump Tower concierge. And of course, both Trump and the woman in question have consistently denied this to various outlets.

Bragg maintains that in November, David Pecker, who was AMI’s CEO at the time, learned that Sajudin was trying to sell the information, and at his behest, AMI signed an agreement that led to the payment.

“AMI falsely characterized this payment in AMI’s books and records, including in its general ledger,” Bragg added. He also said that after AMI concluded the story was bogus, an unnamed lawyer “instructed” Pecker not to release Sajudin from the agreement until the 2016 election had ended.

So of course, this has raised questions.

“I don’t know why Mr. Sajudin’s book is on the Manhattan DA’s discovery list, but I sure would like to find out,” noted Lisa Rubin, a former lawyer and legal analyst for MSNBC, in a Twitter post. The book, she wrote “really popped [out] for me.”

“Watch this space,” she added.

But what really popped for me was a book by Dino Sajudin, a onetime Trump World Tower doorman who was paid by the National Enquirer’s parent company, American Media, for his story that Trump had a child out of wedlock with a concierge at that building. 6/

— Lisa Rubin (@lawofruby) May 27, 2023

Both Bragg and Trump claim that the allegations in Sajudin’s book are false, but the $30,000 payment by AMI could be used by the prosecution to demonstrate a policy of burying stories that could have damaged Trump’s reputation during his first White House bid — this is a not uncommon practice that’s known as “catch and kill” — regardless of a story’s veracity.

Pecker, whom some say is a friend and ally of Trump’s, was the publisher of tabloids such as the National Enquirer until 2020.

In 2018, AMI admitted to paying former Playboy model Karen McDougal $150,000 to keep quiet about her affair with Trump. The company adds this was a decision made “in concert” with Trump’s presidential campaign, according to Reuters. Cohen, who infamously made hush-money payments to Daniels and McDougal, pleaded guilty to campaign finance charges and lying to Congress, among other things. He spent roughly 13 1/2 months in prison and a year and a half in home confinement, according to The Associated Press.