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A former american president and his fixer and a big time ally of his in the tabloid media. It was a plan crafted to cast then candidate donald trump in a positive light in the allimportant tabloids. Using stories that were favorable to him and silencing ones that werent and smearing everybody that got in the way. The witness on the stand today on the Hush Money Trial, details exactly how this scheme worked on a daytoday basis. David pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer described a relationship with donald trump that dated back to the late 1980s and noted that trump was one the first people to call him and congratulate him when he bought the National Enquirer back in 1999. So tlir friendship was already long standing by the time donald trump decided so to run for president. The questioning today was the details an the operational aspects of that explicit agreement between trump, his lawyer Michael Cohen, and david pecker. And what they did to boost trumps campaign. And
The Free State Foundations annual telecommunications conference. This is an hour and a half. Ok, we are going to get started now. One minute. If everyone will take their seats, please. You become so quiet when i say that that i should not even wait the full minute. That is fantastic. We are going to get started now. I think that was a terrific session to get the conference started, talking about regulation more generally, although i knew there would be. I think throughout the day we are going to hear about that neutrality, or restoring internet freedom. The open internet proceeding. We did hear a little bit during the previous session. I will call this the allstars panel. I am not sure i came up with another name. We do have a group of allstars here. We are going to the digging in to Certain Communications issues. I want to do brief introductions. Everyone here has the brochure where we have got the full bios there. The brochure is also on the website, for those of you in our cspan aud
Enforcement actions, antitrust laws and online Data Security. Posted by the Free State Foundation this is about one hour. We are going right into the next panel which is the view from the ftc, overseeing internet practices in the digital age. The panel looks to be incisive from a policy perspective and keeping in mind are cspan audience, we promise a Panel Discussion that is tv and familyfriendly as always. You have biographies with you that are printed. The brochure is also at our website restate foundation. Org. In the interest of time i will keep the bios, introductions short and seated here with me at the podium here i have tad lipsky, acting director of the bureau of competition at the federal trade commission. The bureau of competition addresses matters such as mergers and premerger clearance as well as anticompetitive practices. He is a recognized expert in the field of antitrust and competition law and policy. With an extensive background as well in private practice and histori
Friendly as always. You have biographies with you that are printed. The brochure is also available at our website, in the interests of time ill keep the bios short. Seated with me at the podium here i have ted lipski, acting director of the bureau of competition at the federal trade commission. The bureau of competition addresses mergers and premerger clearance and anticompetitive practices. Stead ted is recognized in the field of anticompetition law and policy. With an extensive background as well in private practice and historic service at the antitrust division of the department of justice. I also have here on the panel, tom paul who is acting director of the bureau of Consumer Protection in the federal trade commission, the bureau of Consumer Protection involves matters such as advertising and marketing practices, privacy as well as enforcement actions. And then finally we also have with us today daniel lyons, associate professor of law at Boston College law school where he special