on whether Donald Trump violated his gag order with social media posts attacking likely witnesses. Court will end at 2 p.m. today for Passover.of falsifying business records related to the hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. He has pleaded not guilty and denied a relationship with Daniels.This jury is getting a rare glimpse into the inner workings of one of the country's most popular tabloids through the ultimate insider.
"Thinking about it as I did previously, I said what I would do is I would run or publish positive stories about Mr. Trump, and I would publish negative stories about his opponents," Pecker testified.Pecker said that he was at Trump’s presidential campaign launch in June 2015 and that he had received an invitation from Cohen to attend.Cohen wrote to invite Pecker to to Trump Tower. “As a friend, I would love if you could make it.
“I would describe Mr. Trump as very knowledgeable. I would describe him very detail oriented. I would describe him almost micromanaging," he said. “Looking at all the aspects of whatever the issue was.”The purpose of all of this background information the state is eliciting from Pecker is to show they weren’t passing acquaintances, they were in frequent communication and increasingly after Trump announced his candidacy in 2015.
The former National Enquirer publisher said it helped the magazine and he said that if there were a controversy on the show, he would get the information directly from Trump first. He said it benefited his magazine from 2004 to 2014.In order to get to the stand, witnesses need to walk by the defense table — which means passing by Trump.Trump went after Merchan in a post on social media at 11 a.m. ET, following the contentious gag order hearing.
"Mr. Blanche, you’re losing all credibility with this court,” Merchan said. The judge's remark came after Blanche argued that Trump is trying hard to comply with the gag order.Merchan continued to ask Blanche if it’s the former president's position that by reposting, he did not believe he violated the gag order.
Merchan said it is now 10:30 a.m. and the jury is going to be here and said he doesn't want to keep them waiting.Blanche is arguing that there was"absolutely no willful violation of the gag order" in the former president's activity on social media. The man appeared to be arguing with police about where he was sitting and whether he could get into the courtroom.As Trump settles in for another day of his trial, there do not appear to be any of his family members present in court.Merchan said the purpose of the gag order hearing is to"find out whether the defendant Mr. Trump should be held in contempt for one or all of these violations.”
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