After prosecutors’ lead witness painted a tawdry portrait of “catch and kill” tabloid schemes, defense lawyers in Donald Trump’s hush money trial are poised Friday to dig into an account of the former publisher of the National Enquirer and his efforts to protect Trump from negative stories during the 2016 election.
NEW YORK >> Donald Trump tried to illegally influence the 2016 presidential election by preventing damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public, a prosecutor told jurors at the start of the former president’s historic hush money trial.
Magazine publisher David Pecker is slated to be the first witness in former President Trump’s criminal hush money trial, The New York Times reported Sunday, setting the stage as the first criminal trial of a former president gets underway Monday. The case against Trump centers on payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels, with
Donald Trump’s trial began in earnest Monday with opening statements and the first witness.
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,
Jurors in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York got their first glimpse Monday of the arguments both sides plan to make over the course of the historic proceedings, with the prosecution and defense teams presenting their opening statements as Trump looked on.Prosecutors also called their first witness to the stand: David Pecker, the former CEO of American Media Inc., or AMI, the parent company of the National Enquirer. The state alleges Pecker helped Trump during the 2016...
Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker will testify Monday. Pecker helped Trump 'catch and kill' damaging stories about him during his presidential campaign. READ MORE: Twelve jurors were
The defense and prosecution delivered opening statements on Monday morning. They laid out the arguments and strategies they will develop with witnesses. David Pecker, former publisher of National Enquirer, was first to take the stand
NEW YORK (AP) — In opening statements in Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial, prosecutors said Monday
By Kara Scannell and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — David Pecker, the former chairman of the National Enquirer’s parent company, is expected to be the first witness called by the Manhattan district attorney’s office in former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial, according to a person familiar with the plans. Pecker was a central
By Kara Scannell and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — David Pecker, the former chairman of the National Enquirer’s parent company, is expected to be the first witness called by the Manhattan district attorney’s office in former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial, according to a person familiar with the plans. Pecker was a central
By Kara Scannell and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — David Pecker, the former chairman of the National Enquirer’s parent company, is expected to be the first witness called by the Manhattan district attorney’s office in former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial, according to a person familiar with the plans. Pecker was a central