Posted on 04/23/2024 10:20:26 AM PDT by thegagline
Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker will return the witness stand today for the second day of Donald Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial over covering up “hush money” payments to a porn star.
Pecker will resume testimony where he is expected to detail the inner workings of a scheme he, Trump and his “fixer” lawyer Michael Cohen devised to buy up and bury bad news during the 2016 presidential election.
Trump is on trial for allegedly fudging business records to conceal a $130,000 payoff to Stormy Daniels made before the 2016 presidential election.
The 72-year-old ex-CEO of the Enquirer’s parent company, American Media Inc., is slated to continue his testimony around 11 a.m. — after a hearing over whether Trump, 77, breached the terms of a court order barring him from ripping jurors and witnesses online.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office says the ex-president violated the “gag order” at least 10 times, including by sharing a quote on Truth Social from a Fox News host which said, “they are catching undercover liberal activists lying to the judge” in order to get on the jury.
Justice Juan Merchan, the trial judge, has cited concerns about the privacy of the panel of everyday Manhattanites on the jury — including two corporate lawyers, a retired wealth manager who loves yoga, and people who have expressed both admiration and disdain for Trump — who will decide his fate. ***
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If the National Enquire is there “The Men In Black” must be involved.
OH wait . . . isn’t there one sitting on the bench?
he's a solid source, he predicted that aliens would invade the U.S., kinda
Seems like Ive already watched this trial already once
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I thought the actual payments were made after the election. Or were those the payments to Cohen?
The whole thing is stupid.
Today is the first full day of the actual trial. Everything up to now has been court administration, with the limited exception of Pecker’s short time on the stand yesterday.
You got that right!
That said, this case is absolute nonsense from a legal standpoint. From a political perspective, it is exactly what the Democrats want.
Lol
I’ll pass on that. Lol
Yeah, I did a double take when I first heard it
His first job was Headmaster
Lol
One thing that’s never been made clear to me about this case - Are these not Trump’s personal records? Does the New York law actually penalize people for mis-labeling things in their own personal records? or were these records submitted with his tax filings?
It’s an expense disagreement trial and a lot of b.s. from the point of beginning. But, since they have no real case they have to go for the sex angle.
They are allegedly his business records.
Check
So what business is it of anyone else? How do they even know what was written in his ledger?
I agree. Unfortunately, entities like the IRS don’t embrace that philosophy.
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