The former president reportedly smiled in response to testimony from former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker on Thursday.
Former President Donald Trump reportedly flashed a rare smile during the seventh day of his hush-money criminal trial in New York City.
Trump, who has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony charges of falsifying business records in the Empire State, took part in a moment of mirth after witness David Pecker, former publisher of the National Enquirer, recalled a Trump Tower meeting in early 2017, according to CNN.
Pecker reportedly said that Trump had referred to him as a person who “probably knows more than anybody else in this room” in a meeting attended by then-FBI Director James Comey and future Trump administration officials Reince Priebus, Mike Pompeo and Sean Spicer.
Trump and his lawyer Todd Blanche were among a smattering of those present who laughed in response to the remark, according to CNN, which Pecker said the former president had made “as a joke.
