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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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A lot has happened in a short time today, so here's a quick recap: Madeline Halpert
The day started with a gag-order hearing. Prosecutors claim Donald Trump has violated a gag order 10 times Reporting from court
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" The court is now hearing about allegations that Donald Trump had an affair with former Playboy model Karen McDougal.
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 Trump has repeatedly denied the affair - which the model alleges took place over the course of several months.
After the hearing, it was back to the hush-money trial. The first witness, David Pecker, continued his testimony McDougal also received a hush-money payment, though hers is not the subject of this case.
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 David Pecker says when he called Michael Cohen to tell him about the alleged affair with McDougal, "I didn't even finish the conversation when he said that was untrue, absolutely not true".
Pecker directed someone else to go interview McDougal to vet the claims.
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