The days top stories from around the world, from politics and money, to sports and pop culture. That conversation obviously referencing david pecker, as well. We reached out for comment and we havent heard back just yet. Thanks so much. Lets chat about this with our experts. Another ally of the president s talking to authorities, the walls seem to be closing in a bit. It gives an indication of why the document was so thorough. They had the cooperation of david pecker. We dont know what more that means, how much and what other Information Pecker has that cohen wasnt aware of. A trump friend reportedly told vanity fair quote holy s, i thought pecker would be the last one to turn. I have to say this is a powerful guy and the fact that he is cooperating with authorities i
find it is hard to believe he is doing it out of the goodness of his heart. It almost makes you think they put their pressure on david pecker. He is a powerful guy. He is covered as a media organization. You could put up
attorney, chief money man and longtime friend in publishing turn on him. let s start with the last. the wall street journal reporting david pecker has been granted immune for giving prosecutors information about the hush money payments that led michael cohen to plead guilty this week. cohen testified that he and trump were involved in buying the silence of women who had air force with president trump. president trump complained to fox new base people flipping on him. i ve had many friends involved in this stuff. it s called flipping and it almost ought to be illegal. you get ten years in jail but if you say bad things about somebody in other words make up stories if you don t know make up stories they just make up lies. according to cohen s plea deal, pecker helped handle negative stories about trump by buying and burying them. now the associated press reports the enquirer kept a safe of secrets with damaging documents pertaining to trump and in fact somebody who used to work
find it is hard to believe he is doing it out of the goodness of his heart. it almost makes you think they put their pressure on david pecker. he is a powerful guy. he is covered as a media organization. you could put up a big fight and decline to cooperate and turn it into a battle if you want. it is safe to bet the president would bet on his side on that. it is telling to see people who are so friendly to the president over so many years turning on him like this. it does make you wonder this is a slice forward and a small slice of what the people are willing to share with investigators. we don t know what they are not cooperating about or what investigators have agreed to push to the side in exchange. are you surprised? you have cohen. he was in hot water. are you surprised the long-time trump associates are turning on him? no, because the justice department is a very different thing from resisting hostile media inquiries or standing up
open about was his enormous affection for donald trump and his determination to use the enquirer to help donald trump get elected president. there is nothing improper about that. the nation is a magazine that supports liberals. the weekly standard supports conservatives. magazines can support candidates. the issue is can they use money to subsidize their campaigns? that would be unlawful. david pecker did admit to me that he did give money to one of the president s or then candidate s alleged former lovers to help donald trump get elected. i think there is potentially some legal problems for him. there was until he got immunity. talking about david pecker. the president suggesting it should almost be illegal for someone facing jail time to
that conversation obviously referencing david pecker, as well. we reached out for comment and we haven t heard back just yet. thanks so much. let s chat about this with our experts. another ally of the president s talking to authorities, the walls seem to be closing in a bit. it gives an indication of why the document was so thorough. they had the cooperation of david pecker. we don t know what more that means, how much and what other information pecker has that cohen wasn t aware of. a trump friend reportedly told vanity fair quote holy s, i thought pecker would be the last one to turn. i have to say this is a powerful guy and the fact that he is cooperating with authorities i