Who Is David Pecker? Ex-National Enquirer Publisher Admits ‘Catch And Kill’ Scheme On Trump’s Behalf At Hush Money Trial
ForbesMAR 2024
Longtime Trump Assistant Testifies in Hush Money Trial
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Anti-Trump narrative
Even though Pecker and Graff had some good things to say about Trump, the former detailed the hush money scheme carried out to help him conceal negative coverage ahead of the 2016 presidential elections, and the latter confirmed to have seen Stormy Daniels at the Trump Tower. One can only wonder what witnesses hostile to the former president will testify when they take the stand.
Pro-Trump narrative
As the hush money criminal case against the former president progresses, it only gets more and more absurd, further exposing its politically-motivated nature. If the act of catching and killing negative stories becomes a felony in itself, then every former president alive and a plethora of politicians would end up in jail.
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