David Pecker gave prosecutors just what they were looking for in Trump hush money testimony

[kpete]

He linked the “catch and kill” agreements to Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign
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David Pecker, a key witness in the Manhattan trial, testified that he agreed to execute “catch and kill” deals expressly in service of helping Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign — a plot that prosecutors have labeled a conspiracy to illegally influence the election.

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“Was your principle purpose in entering into the agreement with Karen McDougal to suppress her story so as to prevent it from influencing the election?” prosecutor Joshua Steinglass asked him.

“Yes, it was,” Pecker replied.

When the Wall Street Journal inquired about the deal, Pecker authorized his company to lie about it. Asked why, Pecker said: “I wanted to protect my company, I wanted to protect myself and I wanted, also, to protect Donald Trump.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/25/trump-trial-david-pecker-testimony-00154517

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[Iwasthere]

1. In every session the prosecutor should emphatically begin and end with that paragraph

In a normal world this would be so damaging that it would be hard to recover from. Sadly, these aren't normal times. I however have confidence in this judge. I've, we've all said that before though.