Notably, this account said that it was meant as a more general discussion of helping the campaign but included a reference to stories involving women. Pecker said that “in a presidential campaign” it was common for such stories to come forward based on his “past experience” with other campaigns. He said that he expected that would be the case with Trump as well given his dating of many women. Pecker also said Bill Clinton’s womanizing would also be a draw for his readers as were negative Hillary stories. He said it was “easy for him to say that” because it would help his magazine.
......Pecker said that this was his plan going forward since it was “mutually beneficial” and only would “increase sales of the National Inquirer.” He said that it would obviously also benefit the campaign. Clearly this testimony cuts both ways. It shows that Pecker was going to follow that same pattern out of his own interest but also said it would benefit Trump