Trump hush money trial: David Pecker says he used National Enquirer to help Trump during 2016 race

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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…

Prosecutors in the historic hush money case cited 10 posts on Trump’s social media account and campaign website that they said breached the order, which bars him from making public statements about witnesses in the case 's “eyes and ears" during his 2016 presidential campaign, recounting how he promised the then-candidate that he would help suppress stories that had the potential to harm the Republican's election bid.

Pecker said he volunteered to publish positive stories about Trump and negative stories about his opponents. But that wasn't all, he said, telling jurors how he told Trump: “I will be your eyes and ears.” Merchan did not immediately rule, but he seemed skeptical of a defense lawyer's arguments that Trump was merely responding in his posts to others' attacks and had been trying to comply with the order.

Defense lawyer Todd Blanche countered by assailing the government's case and attacking Cohen's integrity.

 

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