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Trump trial live: Pecker says deal to bury Trump stories was 'agreement between friends' - BBC News Trump trial live: Pecker says deal to bury Trump stories was 'agreement between friends' - BBC News
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Madeline Halpert A lot has happened in a short time today, so here's a quick recap:
Reporting from court The day started with a gag-order hearing. Prosecutors claim Donald Trump has violated a gag order 10 times
Donald Trump has just returned to the courtroom after the brief break. Justice Merchan and Trump's lawyer Todd Blanche had several tense exchanges in the hearing, with the judge telling Blanche he is "losing all credibility"
While we wait for David Pecker's testimony to start again, let's check in with an expert to see why the media mogul was chosen as the first witness. The judge has not yet decided if Trump has violated the gag order, we could find out later today. If he rules against trump, the former president could be fined $10,000
Former Brooklyn prosecutor Julie Rendelman says having Pecker up first was a smart move. After the hearing, it was back to the hush-money trial. The first witness, David Pecker, continued his testimony
"He provides the backdrop for how the whole 'catch and kill' scheme came to be, the players involved, and the timing as it related to Trump’s campaign," she tells me. Pecker has been explaining a "catch and kill" scheme he ran while publisher of the tabloid magazine National Enquirer. He says it was an "agreement between friends" to suppress negative stories about Trump during the 2016 election
She adds that Pecker seems to "know Trump quite well" and gives the jury an inside view as to the part Trump played in the decision making for the scheme.
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