David Pecker has previously cooperated with federal investigations into payments made to two women who were going to allege they had affairs with Trump ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
David Pecker was once the publisher of one of America’s largest tabloids. But on Monday, Pecker’s old role took on a new light: as the first witness to testify in a criminal trial against a former U.S. president.
On Monday, the prosecution’s opening statements told the story of how they believe Pecker, Trump and Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen conspired using a so-called « catch and kill » scheme in August of 2015 to bury negative stories that could be damaging to Trump’s 2016 electoral prospects and promote articles in the tabloid that were negative about his opponents.
