Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker admitted on the witness stand in the Stormy Daniels hush money case that “catch-and-kill” schemes were planned to help Donald Trump in the 2016 election. Lachlan Cartwright, who worked for David Pecker as executive editor at the National Enquirer, and who is now a special correspondent for The Hollywood Reporter, and Susanne Craig, a New York Times investigative reporter, join Joy Reid to discuss.
(Bloomberg) Donald Trump’s lawyer at his “hush money” trial sought to cast doubt on claims that a tabloid publisher’s $150,000 deal with an ex-Playboy model to keep quiet about an alleged affair was an attempt to influence the 2016 election.Most Read from BloombergJavier Milei Fuels Wild Rally That Makes Peso No. 1 in WorldPlunging Home Prices, Fleeing Companies: Austin’s Glow Is FadingFed’s Preferred Core Inflation Gauge Rose at Brisk Pace in MarchHuawei’s New Phone Runs Latest Version of Ma
NEW YORK — Former National Enquirer David Pecker returned to the stand Thursday at Donald Trump’s Manhattan Supreme Court hush money trial — where the jurors heard details on a scheme to disguise a $150,000 payment to Playboy model Karen McDougal before the 2016 election to keep quiet about an alleged affair with Trump. Meanwhile, lawyers for the former president argued before the U.S. Supreme .
A Texas appeals court recently overturned Mason’s five-year prison sentence for casting a provisional ballot in the 2016 election while on supervised release for federal tax evasion.