on cross-examination, trump's attorney emil bove had. pecker admits that tabloids would do this every once in a while with celebrity stories, a tactic known as catch and kill. but on redirect, pecker later clarified that this was the first time he had done so on behalf of a presidential candidate. quote. it's the only one pecker said bove did have. pecker admit, though, that trump never brought up buying any of these stories in their meeting together. but pecker responded, saying that he did agree to serve as the eyes and ears of the trump campaign. bove also sought to poke holes in pecker's credibility by getting him to acknowledge that the 72 year old had mixed up some dates, and some of his statements to federal prosecutors in 2018 were inconsistent with his testimony. this week, pecker said, quote, i've been truthful to the best of my recollection. also on the stand today was rhona graff, trump's longtime executive assistant. graff testified that the trump organization had stormy daniels and karen mcdougal's phone numbers in a databa