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The Orwellian trial of Donald Trump in Manhattan is taking an even more bizarre turn now that the jury has been seated and it’s gotten underway. The opening statements went largely as expected, but now the prosecution has begun calling witnesses. The people they are delivering leave much to be desired. The first one to take the stand was David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer tabloid. He is scheduled to talk about Trump’s supposed “catch and kill” strategy of buying the rights to stories that might paint him in an unfavorable light and then burying them. The prosecutors are trying to portray this strategy as “election interference” in an effort to find something to convict Trump of in the middle of a presidential election. But Mr. Pecker is hardly the bastion of truth and justice that the prosecution hopes to present to the jury. (Associated Press)
A longtime tabloid publisher was expected Tuesday to tell jurors about his efforts to help Donald Trump stifle unflattering stories during the 2016 campaign as testimony resumes in the historic hush money trial of the former president.
David Pecker, the former National Enquirer publisher who prosecutors say worked with Trump and Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, on a so-called “catch-and-kill” strategy to buy up and then spike negative stories during the campaign, testified briefly Monday and will be back on the stand Tuesday in the Manhattan trial.
