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Pratiksha Ghildial
After opening statements from the legal teams today, the court will start hearing from witnesses. Reporting from outside court
And prosecutors are expected to call David Pecker as their first witness, according to CBS News, the BBC's US partner. The Collect Pond park, an area outside of the Manhattan court, is now open to the public.
Pecker is the former publisher of the National Enquirer, a tabloid newspaper in the US. A cop at the entrance of the park says they have divided it into areas for pro and anti-Trump protesters, and there are separate entrances for both.
He's expected to testify about a "catch and kill" scheme where the newspaper purchased the rights to stories that were negative about Donald Trump, but would not publish them. They are trying to make sure the two sides don’t mingle so there is no trouble.
And at the same time, the paper would reportedly seek out stories that could damage the reputation of Trump's political opponents ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
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