David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer, told prosecutors he killed stories that potentially could have hurt Donald Trump during his run for the White House in 2016.
told prosecutors he killed stories that potentially could have hurt Donald Trump during his run for the White House in 2016.told prosecutors in New York that he killed stories that potentially could have hurt Donald Trump during the former president's run for the White House in 2016., the tabloid's former publisher, detailed how Keith Davidson, an information broker, came forward in June 2016 with the story of Karen MacDougal, a playboy model, who said she'd had an affair with Trump.
Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass walked Pecker through a number of machinations the publisher made to keep the payments secret, and how Pecker was getting increasingly nervous, because his plan had been for Trump to reimburse him before the end of the quarter — by Sept. 30, 2016 – so it would never show up on the books.
Pecker claimed that his actions resulted in a"thank you" dinner hosted by Trump at the White House in 2017. Prosecutors showed a picture of the two walking outside the White House, taken at the moment, Pecker says, when Trump asked him:"How's Karen?"'s parent company at the time, had long engaged in checkbook journalism.
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