Ex-Enquirer Publisher Set To Testify First In Trump Trial

The Daily Beast reports:

Former publishing executive David Pecker is set to testify first for the prosecution at Donald Trump’s Manhattan trial this week.

Pecker, who ran The National Enquirer at the time of the alleged hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 campaign, would be able to help shed light on how the publication offered political cover to the former president with so-called catch-and-kill schemes to bury negative stories about him.

The former publishing executive was previously granted witness immunity back in 2018 when federal prosecutors were looking into the payments.

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David Pecker may shed light on how the publication offered political cover to the former president with so-called catch-and-kill schemes to bury negative stories about him.https://t.co/KWAV5rI0aY

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