Former magazine publisher David Pecker detailed how he helped bury stories for Trump, who he called “the boss”.
During testimony Thursday, the ex-publisher of the National Enquirer, David Pecker, tied Trump to payments to buy then kill negative stories about him ahead of the 2016 election.
Ex-tabloid publisher David Pecker and Donald Trump's former assistant Rhona Graff testifed Friday in the hush money trial. Follow here for the latest live news updates, analysis and more.
Juan Merchan admonishes ex-president for ‘gesturing and speaking in the direction of the juror’ as jury selection continuesDonald Trump met a stern rebuke on Tuesday from the jurist presiding over his criminal hush-money trial, with the judge warning: “I won’t have any jurors intimidated in this courtroom.”Trump’s apparent misbehavior did not derail the trial’s progress; seven jurors were picked by day’s end.A guide to Trump’s hush-money trial – so farThe key arguments prosecutors will use...
Manhattan jurors will hear more witness testimony from a veteran tabloid publisher, and Trump faces a looming decision over whether he violated a gag order imposed by the judge.
No one will ever accuse former President Donald Trump of being woke. But over a few hours Monday, he transformed from an uninterested observer at his own hush money trial — eyes shut at times — to a highly attentive defendant-in-chief. Maybe it was the chance to stare the full jury in the eyes, which he did when the jurors sat in their box — against the wall to his right — and when they entered and exited the courtroom. Perhaps it was onetime ally and alleged co-conspirator David Pecker...
While opinions vary over whether having Melania Trump in the courtroom would help Donald Trump win the hearts of jurors in his hush money trial, one former Manhattan prosecutor stated his two oldest sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, should be kept as far away as possible.Speaking with legal experts on the value of the defendant's family members showing in the courtroom, the appearance of the former president's latest wife garnered varied responses with one analyst suggesting it would be a...
Ahead of the start of Donald Trump's hush money criminal trial in New York on Monday, his 2024 presidential campaign national press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, claimed that the fact that the trial was permitted to go ahead is proof that the U.S. has descended into acting like a "banana republic."Talking as a guest on Fox News this weekend, Leavitt—a longstanding pro-Trump Republican who already worked as part of the former president's White House press team—repeated his claims that the criminal...
Donald Trump's defense team attacked the credibility Friday of the prosecution's first witness in his hush money case, seeking to discredit testimony detailing a scheme between Trump and a tabloid to bury negative stories to protect the Republican's 2016 presidential campaign. Returning to the witness stand for a fourth day,
David Pecker returned to the witness stand for the fourth day as defense attorneys try to poke holes in the testimony of the former National Enquirer publisher.
David Pecker returned to the witness stand for the fourth day as defense attorneys try to poke holes in the testimony of the former National Enquirer publisher.
Following David Pecker’s testimony, Rhona Graff was called to the witness stand, to comment on Trump and the adult film actorTrump on Trial: What we learned from David Pecker’s testimonyThe former tabloid publisher David Pecker’s testimony in Donald Trump’s criminal trial on Friday presented a granular look into a hush-money scheme which prosecutors allege was meant to sway the 2016 election in the real estate mogul’s favor.But when Trump’s longtime assistant, Rhona Graff, was called to the...