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the national enquirer is tabloid trash. but it's run by his good friend, david who has endorsed trump. he uses this to smear everybody and anybody. >> the national enquirer has become a hit piece he uses to smear anybody and everybody. eight years ago, the transactional relationship between donald trump and the national enquirer was so obvious, that ted cruz was just talking about on the campaign trail. now today was the second day of witness testimony and the first criminal trial of a former president, donald trump rate and the focus of the testimony was the very same thing ted cruz highlighted in ways the national enquirer helped donald trump during the 2016 campaign. former ceo of the inquirer, david testified his story would run negative stories about opponents whenever they started to do well, stories like bumbling surgeon left sponge inpatient's brain. i cannot right after a poll that showed ben carson leading trump for the first time. ben carson denies that allegation about the sponge by the way. then there were shoc
the national enquirer is tabloid trash. but it's run by his good friend, david who has endorsed trump. he uses this to smear everybody and anybody. >> the national enquirer has become a hit piece he uses to smear anybody and everybody. eight years ago, the transactional relationship between donald trump and the national enquirer was so obvious, that ted cruz was just talking about on the campaign trail. now today was the second day of witness testimony and the first criminal trial of a...
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because you hear a lot about the national enquirer buying stories. and we hear a lot of them doing that maybe not in so much detail, but david pecker has already paid a fine already to the election commission because he paid the money to karen mcdougal, and it was a violation of laws of corporations interfering in an election. in this case josh steinglass, the lawyer for the d.a. today saidthrust a deal struck between ami and the defendant to put their thumbs on had scale to control the flow of information that would reach the electorate. and that's what we're going to hear, and that's why he was pushing for all this to get in to really set the table for exactly what donald trump and david pecker did, and it wasn't just these few payments, it was a larger scheme. >> suzanne craig, pulitzer prizewinning investigative reporter at "the new york times," i know it's been a long day. thank you so much for being here. i really appreciate it. we'll be right back. stay with us. e it we'll be right back. stay with us while losing weight. with golo, i don't nee
because you hear a lot about the national enquirer buying stories. and we hear a lot of them doing that maybe not in so much detail, but david pecker has already paid a fine already to the election commission because he paid the money to karen mcdougal, and it was a violation of laws of corporations interfering in an election. in this case josh steinglass, the lawyer for the d.a. today saidthrust a deal struck between ami and the defendant to put their thumbs on had scale to control the flow of...
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it is a nothing burger compared to the "national enquirer." i started with that mcdoug alex change comes toward the end of the day because that is when pecker in his calm, and everyone described him as credible and calm and likeable. kind of person a jury -- a juror would find as likeable and affable. he's describing being on the phone with trump and trup doesn't say i'm not going to buy the story because i didn't do it. i'm not going to buy it because when you do it, it gets out anyway. and just the intimacy with trump and the cash and kill. and he's embarrassed of catch and kill. he's proud of checkbook journalism. that is stunning. >> and some things rang true going back to the apprentice years. they had a relationship and it really flourished during the apprenticeship, it was popular and he could put trump on the cover and they would leaktories about the contestants. >> and the ratings. >> and donald trump back then, you talk to anybody at nbc, that guy was obsessed with the ratings of the apprentice and he was leaking stories to the natio
it is a nothing burger compared to the "national enquirer." i started with that mcdoug alex change comes toward the end of the day because that is when pecker in his calm, and everyone described him as credible and calm and likeable. kind of person a jury -- a juror would find as likeable and affable. he's describing being on the phone with trump and trup doesn't say i'm not going to buy the story because i didn't do it. i'm not going to buy it because when you do it, it gets out...
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trump, that part, did it help the national enquirer at all? is that going to boost sales of the national enquirer. pecker, no, that didn't help. steinglass, that partt didn't have aei mutual benefit. the purpose ofut that component uzto benefit the campaign. am i understanding you right? pecker, that is right. thepe focus how all this benefitted the trump campaign is important because the prosecution's central argument in this case,e the reason they were able to charge donald trump with a felony is because they say trump's hush money scheme was all about trying to cover up his criminal activity related to the 2016 election. prosecutors today reveal they are planning to rely on section 17, 152 of the new york criminal code,ew which prohibits any twor moreib persons from conspiring promote or prevent the election of any person to public office by unlawful means. and so it is important that trump'sor arrangement with the national enquirer and subsequent hush money payments wasn't just about helping trump, the man, it was about helping trump the c
trump, that part, did it help the national enquirer at all? is that going to boost sales of the national enquirer. pecker, no, that didn't help. steinglass, that partt didn't have aei mutual benefit. the purpose ofut that component uzto benefit the campaign. am i understanding you right? pecker, that is right. thepe focus how all this benefitted the trump campaign is important because the prosecution's central argument in this case,e the reason they were able to charge donald trump with a...
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i've always said, why didn't the "national enquirer" get the pulitzer prize? >> why didn't the "national enquirer" get the pulitzer prize for breaking the big news that ted cruz's dad killed jfk? i mean, that really was a -- you have to admit that's a scoop. look, world exclusive investigation. it's not even like somebody on another continent also has that, just the enquirer. no, that of course came after the "national enquirer"'s big scoop that hillary clinton had been caught on camera having gay romp at seedy motel. seedy romp caught on camera at this hotel. that was right around the same time they reported on hillary clinton's secret hitman. hillary hitman. they broke the news that hillary clinton was hooked on narcotics. they broke the news of donald trump getting revenge on hillary and his evil puppets. it says muslim obama, weird kane, meaning tim kane. mob connections. shady deals. gay double life. boy, that really does sound like pulitzer material. that was right around the time they broke the 10 deadly secrets of hillary clinton every american must kn
i've always said, why didn't the "national enquirer" get the pulitzer prize? >> why didn't the "national enquirer" get the pulitzer prize for breaking the big news that ted cruz's dad killed jfk? i mean, that really was a -- you have to admit that's a scoop. look, world exclusive investigation. it's not even like somebody on another continent also has that, just the enquirer. no, that of course came after the "national enquirer"'s big scoop that hillary...
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national enquirer, at least thus far. david the first witness, testimony to that, not an accident. if trump and the national enquirer, trump and emi were in a criminal conspiracy is prosecutors allege, all we need to know about trump, most of what we will learn is about ami. >> that made begin with reporting from my beat which is outside the building. [ laughter ] among the people, who i will now call the people and not the protesters, because they were not protesting. i counted two. three trump supporters i will call them. you could not hear a word from them. they kept everything at a conversational tone. from where chris is, you could not hear what they were saying to each other. the only person you could hear was a loudmouth guy who was fairly close to them yelling at them about bill clinton balancing the budget. [ laughter ] that was it. that's what the people had to say out there in the street. >> it's new york, and he might've been doing that since 1992. >> in the courtroom, it's the first time we have heard the def
national enquirer, at least thus far. david the first witness, testimony to that, not an accident. if trump and the national enquirer, trump and emi were in a criminal conspiracy is prosecutors allege, all we need to know about trump, most of what we will learn is about ami. >> that made begin with reporting from my beat which is outside the building. [ laughter ] among the people, who i will now call the people and not the protesters, because they were not protesting. i counted two....
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we have talked about the national enquirer. we have talked about the context of when the stories were caught and killed and the aftermath of access hollywood. we cannot get over the fact the first thing the jury heard today was a transcript, not the tape of the access hollywood. i will tell you sitting there that you would think that the most powerful way to convey that language would have been hearing donald trump's own voice saying those words. yet, it was still startling as you are sitting in this but still official courtroom, to have the prosecutor get up and say those words. to use that language. >> they were edited the way we do them for tv? >> reporter: not edited. in full -- i was going to sample something else but not allowed to predict the impact was exactly as it was intended. we do not speak, we don't do that, it is just jim talk kind of stuff. two, to have it be done in the context of the bigger picture of the story that was being told by the prosecution made sense. it was another example of how donald trump in his
we have talked about the national enquirer. we have talked about the context of when the stories were caught and killed and the aftermath of access hollywood. we cannot get over the fact the first thing the jury heard today was a transcript, not the tape of the access hollywood. i will tell you sitting there that you would think that the most powerful way to convey that language would have been hearing donald trump's own voice saying those words. yet, it was still startling as you are sitting...
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a phone call and discuss the offer and whether the national enquirer may potentially buy her story. donald trump said he heard that "dancing with the stars" was interested in purchasing her story. donald trump told pecker that he didn't want to personally by her story because that always gets out were the words of donald trump according to pecker. but this is a detailed back and forth. ultimately, we expect pecker tomorrow to testify that american media, the parent company of national enquirer, ultimately purchased the rights to karen mcdougle, but we are not that at that point in time. there's a lot of the back and forth -- >> vaughn, i'm going interrupt you because donald trump has come out of court. >> and i don't even know, a gag order. which to me is totally unconstitutional. i'm not allowed to talk to people. so they can talk about me, say whatever they want. they can lie, but i'm not allowed to say anything. i just have to sit back and look at why the conflicted judge has ordered me to have a gag order. i think anybody's ever seen anything like this. i'd love to talk to you p
a phone call and discuss the offer and whether the national enquirer may potentially buy her story. donald trump said he heard that "dancing with the stars" was interested in purchasing her story. donald trump told pecker that he didn't want to personally by her story because that always gets out were the words of donald trump according to pecker. but this is a detailed back and forth. ultimately, we expect pecker tomorrow to testify that american media, the parent company of national...
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and we now have seen this both with respect to the testimony today from the "national enquirer," but we also saw it with respect to fox news and dominion, that sort of fundamental principle of how the fourth estate works is really undermined and it shows that donald trump, for all of his alleging fake news, this trial is showing that he is actually adground zero of fake news and was using that to get elected. >> and andrew and chuck, stand by for a second. i want to get back to vaughn on the latest of the testimony from the google documentary, the document that we're all following. vaughn. >> reporter: right, andrea. let's be clear here. for years we have talked about david pecker and his role in this. and yet we have not heard from him publicly discuss that august 5th, 2015 meeting with michael cohen and donald trump. we have not had him on the record, and the question is, would there come a day that david pecker would testify? and as we speak, that is what is currently happening. and michael -- david pecker, i want to read a couple specific quotes here. because he is explaining tha
and we now have seen this both with respect to the testimony today from the "national enquirer," but we also saw it with respect to fox news and dominion, that sort of fundamental principle of how the fourth estate works is really undermined and it shows that donald trump, for all of his alleging fake news, this trial is showing that he is actually adground zero of fake news and was using that to get elected. >> and andrew and chuck, stand by for a second. i want to get back to...
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a story about the national enquirer, at least thus far. david being the first witness, i think, is both testimony to that and not an accident and that if trump and "the national enquirer" were in a criminal conspiracy, as prosecutors allege, we all know, almost all we need to know about trump, most of what we are going to learn is about the national enquirer and ami. >> let me start with my bead, which is outside the building. among the people, who i will now call the people and not the protesters because they weren't protesting. i counted three, maybe i am overcooking, sorry trump supporters, i will call them. you couldn't hear a word from them. they kept everything at a very conversational tone. for more, chris says you couldn't hear what they were saying to each other. the only person you could hear was a loudmouth guy who was fairly close to them yelling at them about bill clinton balancing the budget. that was it. that is what the people had to say out there in the street. >> it is new york, he might have been doing that since 1992. t
a story about the national enquirer, at least thus far. david being the first witness, i think, is both testimony to that and not an accident and that if trump and "the national enquirer" were in a criminal conspiracy, as prosecutors allege, we all know, almost all we need to know about trump, most of what we are going to learn is about the national enquirer and ami. >> let me start with my bead, which is outside the building. among the people, who i will now call the people and...
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say what you will about the national enquirer, the reach of this publication? it's on supermarket shelves in every walmart in every airport, and that was being weapon iced to help get donald trump elected and that is what alvin bragg is talking about in this indictment. i think that is what people pass over when we talk about falsified business records. fundamentally, this was an agreement to influence the election and it worked. >> again, it's important, when you work for campaigns, earned media, as they say, magazine covers on a grocery store shelf, that is gold to people. the visuals of what they are seeing. we learned of the judge will allow the national enquirer covers to be admissible in court. we showed a few, including the one about hillary clinton dying. are there some you think are important for people to see or are there some that you think would particularly make the point? >> it's the pattern. look for what this publication was publishing when i first joined in 2014, when it was tom cruise , that mix of celebrity content , and it's a look at how th
say what you will about the national enquirer, the reach of this publication? it's on supermarket shelves in every walmart in every airport, and that was being weapon iced to help get donald trump elected and that is what alvin bragg is talking about in this indictment. i think that is what people pass over when we talk about falsified business records. fundamentally, this was an agreement to influence the election and it worked. >> again, it's important, when you work for campaigns,...
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donald trump would give the "national enquirer" information. he was their top celebrity in terms of being able to get views, and compare that to in turn donald trump would have negative stories about him relaying back to him, and effectively squashed. and when donald trump announced his run for the presidency, that trump tower meeting was in the words of donald trump's attorney, or not exactly in the words, but as sort of an agreement that this is just a continuation, but as a politician, and for donald trump and the relationships that he has had, he has built a sense of loyalty around him here, and of course we see that to this very day, that he continues to instill those who remain close to him are those who don't cross him. but are those that do essentially whatever it takes to be on his side, apologies here as we have a new individual who just got out here, guys, beating pans. i'll throw it back to you. >> new york city. >> welcome to new york. >> i was in front of the supreme court all morning, and let me tell you, there were a few of thos
donald trump would give the "national enquirer" information. he was their top celebrity in terms of being able to get views, and compare that to in turn donald trump would have negative stories about him relaying back to him, and effectively squashed. and when donald trump announced his run for the presidency, that trump tower meeting was in the words of donald trump's attorney, or not exactly in the words, but as sort of an agreement that this is just a continuation, but as a...
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>> the national enquirer has become his hit piece. ted cruz was talking about it on the campaign trail. today was the second day of witness testimony in the trial of donald trump. the focus was the sam thing ted cruz highlighted years ago. the ways in which the national enquirer helped donald trump in the 2016 campaign. david the former ceo of the enquirer testified that his tabloid would run negative stories about each of donald trump's primary opponents when ever they started to do well in the polls against trump. stories like bungling surgeon ben carson left sponge in patient's brain. that came after a poll showing ben carson leading trump for the first time. and there was shocking claims, ted cruz caught cheating with five secret mistresses. that came out after polls showed ted cruz ahead of donald trump. what is going down here wasn't even subtle. trump was using the national enquirer to smear his opponents and undermine their candidacies and the enquirer was more than willing to oblige. in court, this is how mr. described that p
>> the national enquirer has become his hit piece. ted cruz was talking about it on the campaign trail. today was the second day of witness testimony in the trial of donald trump. the focus was the sam thing ted cruz highlighted years ago. the ways in which the national enquirer helped donald trump in the 2016 campaign. david the former ceo of the enquirer testified that his tabloid would run negative stories about each of donald trump's primary opponents when ever they started to do well...
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you hear a lot about the national enquirer buying stories. we have sort of known that they do that, maybe not in so much detail but david has paid a fine already to the federal election commission, because he paid the money to karen at google, was a violation of laws about corporations interfering in an election. and in this case, the lawyer for the da said today, and i will quote here, said, there was a deal struck between ami and the defendant to put their thumbs on the scale, to control the flow of information that would read reach of the electorate, and that is what we are going to hear, that is why he is pushing for all of us to get in, to really set the table for exactly what donald trump and david packard were doing. it was not just a few payments, it was a larger scheme. >> suzanne craig, pulitzer prize-winning is to get a reporter at "the new york times." susan, i know you've had a long day, thank you for being here. i really appreciate it. we will be right back. back. ir you can do at home. just once a month. nucala targets and redu
you hear a lot about the national enquirer buying stories. we have sort of known that they do that, maybe not in so much detail but david has paid a fine already to the federal election commission, because he paid the money to karen at google, was a violation of laws about corporations interfering in an election. and in this case, the lawyer for the da said today, and i will quote here, said, there was a deal struck between ami and the defendant to put their thumbs on the scale, to control the...
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and coming your way in our next half hour, a closer look at the national enquirer. i'm going to speak of how it brought david pecker and michael coe into the witness stand. >>> a stunning number of tornadoes that touched down in the u.s. this weekend. i'm jonathan lawson, here to tell you about life insurance through the colonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85 and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three p's. what are the three p's? the three p's of...
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david ceo of the national enquirer, also had immunity with prosecutors. he was also spilling the beans. so knowing that background when nbc got this potential witness list today for trump's hush money trial, these names jumped out at me, karen mcdougal and david and the man who is editor and chief of the national enquirer at the time of that catch and kill scheme, dylan howard. this is not the hush money the national enquirer paid karen mcdougal to kill her story. the hush money at the center of monday's trial is the money paid to stormy daniels. at the contour of these cases they are very, very similar. daniels like mcdougal was ready to go public with her story and was paid to stay silent. what's more, both payments, the money for karen mcdougal and money for stormy daniels, were payments in the lead up to the 2016 election and that could be key here because one of the central things that district alvin bragg will have to prove in this case is why donald trump did what he did, why he arranged those payments to stormy daniels. having karen mcdougal and d
david ceo of the national enquirer, also had immunity with prosecutors. he was also spilling the beans. so knowing that background when nbc got this potential witness list today for trump's hush money trial, these names jumped out at me, karen mcdougal and david and the man who is editor and chief of the national enquirer at the time of that catch and kill scheme, dylan howard. this is not the hush money the national enquirer paid karen mcdougal to kill her story. the hush money at the center...
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, owner of the national enquirer and a number of other magazines. he has known and been entangled with donald trump for decades. he is the king of new york tabloids and nobody loves to be splashed across those tabloids or have bad stories hidden more than donald trump. the fact that he is the first witness for the prosecution, what did he tell the jury today? and has trump said -- we know he goes bad on michael cohen yesterday. what has he said about david they've been friends and allies for decades. >> it was interesting because at trial you start with their most important witness and end with your strongest typically. this gave us a witness of where this is going and it was telling from the opening statement from the prosecution that they wanted to link this directly to the election. the whole groundwork leading up to david was trump ended this catch and kill for the campaign. it was to attack political opponents. it was for david -- and this is clearly where it's going. david was asked how we operated and orchestrated the catch and kill schemes.
, owner of the national enquirer and a number of other magazines. he has known and been entangled with donald trump for decades. he is the king of new york tabloids and nobody loves to be splashed across those tabloids or have bad stories hidden more than donald trump. the fact that he is the first witness for the prosecution, what did he tell the jury today? and has trump said -- we know he goes bad on michael cohen yesterday. what has he said about david they've been friends and allies for...
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the national enquirer national -- have a limit of $10,000. these went well over that. in the case of karen mcdougal, they had a contract with her and that was according to david pecker solely to keep her story off the market but she did in signing that get other things with the agreement. she got, you know, she would have a column, she would get on the cover of a magazine. david pecker said that was all window dressing for the payment to keep her quiet but donald trump's lawyers will say that contract was actually legitimate and payment for services. that will come down to what the crime is. what was that payment, wasn't legal or not? >> you have the hush money case in new york and then you have before the supreme court the argument over presidential immunity. it's easy to talk about those in silos, but you say they are connected. >> they are connected because they are asking the courts, juries, and the country, is donald trump above the law. in the hush money case, you have a person who repeatedly attack potential wishes is that he is under a gag order. unlike any oth
the national enquirer national -- have a limit of $10,000. these went well over that. in the case of karen mcdougal, they had a contract with her and that was according to david pecker solely to keep her story off the market but she did in signing that get other things with the agreement. she got, you know, she would have a column, she would get on the cover of a magazine. david pecker said that was all window dressing for the payment to keep her quiet but donald trump's lawyers will say that...
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national enquirer shielded trump from playboy model's affair allegation. it was what is known in the cal bloid world as a catch and kill scheme. trump had an affair with karen mcdougal. when trump ran for president, mcdougalor tried to sell that story to the press. sohe the national enquirer boug the story from mcdougal, and then they killed it. this is no longer just the stuff of allegation. in 2018 the national enquirer's parent company entered into a non pros cushion agreement with prosecutors in new york. the tabloid admitted the whole scheme in exchange for immunity from prosecution. around the time that was happening, "the wall street journal" had another scoop. david a pecker, the ceo of the national ckenquirer, also had a immunity deal with prosecutors. he was also spilling the beans. so knowing all of that background, when nbc got this potential witness list today for trump's hush money trial, these names jumped out at me. karen mcdougal, and david pecker. they are on the ligs as well as the man the editor-in-chief at the national enquirer at the
national enquirer shielded trump from playboy model's affair allegation. it was what is known in the cal bloid world as a catch and kill scheme. trump had an affair with karen mcdougal. when trump ran for president, mcdougalor tried to sell that story to the press. sohe the national enquirer boug the story from mcdougal, and then they killed it. this is no longer just the stuff of allegation. in 2018 the national enquirer's parent company entered into a non pros cushion agreement with...
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about ted cruz, go write one and the national enquirer would go fabricate one, right? do you think trump even -- does he have the access to be able to have an arrangement like at fox news? he communicates directly with sean hannity. >> yes, he does with individual hosts, not as the network as a whole. murdoch who runs fox is in australia a lot of the year. he's not wired in, he doesn't want to be, but he wants to keep the business humming and this is all about business. this is entirely about a financial relationship. they believe they had a fiduciary -- they believe this is the responsibility they have with the shareholders to keep the pro-trump propaganda going to keep the viewers watching. then what you'll see on the air on fox when they interview voters, the voters are saying the exact same thing jesse water is saying. >> from a legal perspective this seems like terra incognito. i was struck last week when jurors, multiple jurors were saying i'm worried about my safety, and judge merchan said i'm directing the press apply common sense and retrain from writing about
about ted cruz, go write one and the national enquirer would go fabricate one, right? do you think trump even -- does he have the access to be able to have an arrangement like at fox news? he communicates directly with sean hannity. >> yes, he does with individual hosts, not as the network as a whole. murdoch who runs fox is in australia a lot of the year. he's not wired in, he doesn't want to be, but he wants to keep the business humming and this is all about business. this is entirely...
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former "national enquirer" publisher david pecker is back on the witness stand being questioned by trump attorney boefy. prosecutors wrapped up their questioning yesterday by asking about the tabloid purchasing the story of karen mcdougal, another woman who claims to have an affair with trump. trump denies having an affair with mcdougal. pecker testified about how trump sought to block stories that could hurt his campaign. with us now to talk more about this, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard outside the courthouse in lower manhattan, glen kirschner, former federal prosecutor and host of the justice matters podcast, kimberly atkins store, boston globe columnist and co-host of the sisters in-law podcast, and danny cevallos, criminal defense attorney. glen, kimberly and danny are msnbc contributors. vaughn, what has been going on right now inside that courtroom? >> reporter: right, jose, there have been multiple efforts by the defense team in front of this jury during its cross examination of david pecker, the long time publisher of "national enquirer," who is the crucial witness to t
former "national enquirer" publisher david pecker is back on the witness stand being questioned by trump attorney boefy. prosecutors wrapped up their questioning yesterday by asking about the tabloid purchasing the story of karen mcdougal, another woman who claims to have an affair with trump. trump denies having an affair with mcdougal. pecker testified about how trump sought to block stories that could hurt his campaign. with us now to talk more about this, nbc news correspondent...
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how influential is the national enquirer, right? they only have about 150,000, 200,000 copies sold nationwide in a week these days. but the covers, the covers are the only thing that matters. they have their covers in the face of even who shops at a mainstream grocery store anywhere in america in all 50 states. the cover of the national national enquirer, the only thing that matters, the covers of the magazine from the time of the alleged criminal conspiracy with trump. the covers that were in your face at every supermarket in the country week after week and for months on end, looked like this. trump, why i am the only choice for president. the donald trump nobody knows. the babes and bucks. the real reason why he hates obama and the clintons. this one has a special place in my heart. putin picks trump for president. or this one. how trump will win. or following how trump will win the debate. and also hillary's nephew is in the clan. trump takes charge. also bill clinton is dying. and hillary is dying. and also hillary is corrupt. t
how influential is the national enquirer, right? they only have about 150,000, 200,000 copies sold nationwide in a week these days. but the covers, the covers are the only thing that matters. they have their covers in the face of even who shops at a mainstream grocery store anywhere in america in all 50 states. the cover of the national national enquirer, the only thing that matters, the covers of the magazine from the time of the alleged criminal conspiracy with trump. the covers that were in...
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"the national enquirer" helped trump however he wanted . just to be clear here, it was a totally unethical arrangement. but, it really seemed trump and the right wing and right wing media today are doing something quite similar. there may not be an explicit agreement but there is certainly a symbiotic relationship here. and, that could really matter when it comes to this gag order. from the very beginning of this trial, right wing media has been repeating trumps lies about this case, even the small stuff, like claiming that the judge barred trump from going to his son's high school graduation. in reality, the judge as you get to make a decision on that request. in ways both big and small, right wing media has been diminishing trumps potentially illegal actions in this case and claiming that trump being prosecuted is the real injustice here. >> do you think this is just compensation for a nondisclosure agreement, which happens all the time in big businesses especially ? >> it was not wrong. you hire lawyers to solve problems, low yourself th
"the national enquirer" helped trump however he wanted . just to be clear here, it was a totally unethical arrangement. but, it really seemed trump and the right wing and right wing media today are doing something quite similar. there may not be an explicit agreement but there is certainly a symbiotic relationship here. and, that could really matter when it comes to this gag order. from the very beginning of this trial, right wing media has been repeating trumps lies about this case,...
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owner of the national enquirer at a number of other magazines through american media. he has been entangled with donald trump for decades, right, he is the king of new york tabloids and nobody loves to be splashed across the tabloids or have bad stories about him hidden more than donald trump. the fact that is the first witness for the prosecution , what did he tell the jury today? and has trump said, we know trump goes bad on michael cohen every day and yesterday, what has he said about david, they've been friends and allies for decades. >> david was the false witness, at trial you start with your worst witness and and with your strongest witness. i think it was very telling in the opening statement from the prosecution that they wanted to make this link directly to the election, you know the whole groundwork leading up to david was trump entered into this catch and kill scheme for the campaign, and it was for him to be the eyes and ears of the campaign from negative stories that could be coming down the pike and this is where it's going, he was being asked about how
owner of the national enquirer at a number of other magazines through american media. he has been entangled with donald trump for decades, right, he is the king of new york tabloids and nobody loves to be splashed across the tabloids or have bad stories about him hidden more than donald trump. the fact that is the first witness for the prosecution , what did he tell the jury today? and has trump said, we know trump goes bad on michael cohen every day and yesterday, what has he said about david,...
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national enquirer chief was the hottest witness. dishing out details that informed that trump alliance. the so-called media decisions were phoned in by cohen himself and the money to silence women came from the enquirer and cohen: so playboy model karen mcdougal and stormy daniels got money from different places but it all went back to the original campaign motivation. the da also showing how the trump side knew this was wrong. that pecker got nervous when they started the probe. and cohen claimed trump had jeff sessions in his pocket as doj adding to the evidence that team trump knew they had criminal exposure from this and their thinking was not we didn't do a crime. their thinking was oh, our appointees will protect us. we have them in our pocket. as you can see. i don't know how jeff sessions would fit in there. but it is an analogy. but trump's doj didn't actually shield michael cohen. he was convicted and imprisoned by the prosecutors who are federal prosecutors during the trump era. by the end of the week, prosecution turned
national enquirer chief was the hottest witness. dishing out details that informed that trump alliance. the so-called media decisions were phoned in by cohen himself and the money to silence women came from the enquirer and cohen: so playboy model karen mcdougal and stormy daniels got money from different places but it all went back to the original campaign motivation. the da also showing how the trump side knew this was wrong. that pecker got nervous when they started the probe. and cohen...
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enquirer over potentially selling their stories to the "national enquirer" to be published. currently, there was a text message on june 7, 2016, in which davidson texted the editor and chief of the "national enquirer," i have a blockbuster trump story. they met two weeks later. they asking him about that meeting. that's why davidson says that he told them that karen mcdougal alleged to have had a longtime affair with donald trump while he was married to melania trump. and that she was interested in selling the rights to her story. that's where the d.a.'s office left off questioning here right now. they expect this to play out throughout the afternoon following the lunch break. >> catherine, give us the point of this. >> the point is that we know that miss mcdougal, we know from mr. pecker, was paid $150,000 to squash her story. it was called a catch and kill. she thought it was going to be published. they paid it to keep her quiet and not go to anyone else. this is more corroboration for what michael cohen and mr. pecker has testified to. the campaign to keep negative inform
enquirer over potentially selling their stories to the "national enquirer" to be published. currently, there was a text message on june 7, 2016, in which davidson texted the editor and chief of the "national enquirer," i have a blockbuster trump story. they met two weeks later. they asking him about that meeting. that's why davidson says that he told them that karen mcdougal alleged to have had a longtime affair with donald trump while he was married to melania trump. and...
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suggested catch and kill, normal practice for the national enquirer. but, did he address the election factor that could have made is problematic for trump? >> i just want to pick up a little bit were kristy left off, because it is important -- the defense came in after -- you know, the whole thing is, david pecker is saying that the agreement was was just a windowdressing, that she had all of these things she was going to do, she was going to write a column, she was going to be on the cover of a magazine. that was just all windowdressing, case law came knocking and they could say, she was doing something. but, the defense came in and said, well, hang on. do we actually think that she was getting money for services before? i think that is going to be a really important point in this case. you know, was the money that was paid to karen mcdougal actually for services, or not? but i think it is important for david pecker, who is engineering that agreement is saying, no, it 100% was not. it was just windowdressing and he went on to pay a fine to the federal
suggested catch and kill, normal practice for the national enquirer. but, did he address the election factor that could have made is problematic for trump? >> i just want to pick up a little bit were kristy left off, because it is important -- the defense came in after -- you know, the whole thing is, david pecker is saying that the agreement was was just a windowdressing, that she had all of these things she was going to do, she was going to write a column, she was going to be on the...
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that's how former national enquirer ceo david pecker describes the secret meeting to catch and kill stories from karen mcdougal and stormy daniels before they could sink donald trump's presidential campaign. now, that is not illegal. so, how does testimony from pecker help the prosecution prove that trump committed a crime? >>> plus, trump's attorney tieing himself in rhetorical knots, trying to defend trump's social media posts and convince the judge trump has not violated his gag order. todd blanche saying the president is being very careful and the frustrating judge responding, quote, you're losing all credibility with this court. why is he waiting to rule? >>> and taking its toll, with reporters observing trump as looking thinner and older, against many parts of today's proceedings with his eyes closed and venting his frustration on social media, what will be the impact on this trial and the race for president? we have got more on that coming up. >>> but we start with former national enquirer ceo david pecker back on the stand right now. one of the few men in the room with donald trump
that's how former national enquirer ceo david pecker describes the secret meeting to catch and kill stories from karen mcdougal and stormy daniels before they could sink donald trump's presidential campaign. now, that is not illegal. so, how does testimony from pecker help the prosecution prove that trump committed a crime? >>> plus, trump's attorney tieing himself in rhetorical knots, trying to defend trump's social media posts and convince the judge trump has not violated his gag...
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. >> all i did is point out the fact that on the cover of the "national enquirer" there is a picture him and crazy lee harvey oswald having breakfast. now ted never denied that it was his father. instead he said donald trump, i had nothing to do with it. >> donald's source for this is the "national enquirer." the "national enquirer" is tabloid trash, but it's run by his good friend david pecker, the ceo, who has endorsed donald trump. and so the "national enquirer" has become his hit piece that he uses to smear anybody and everybody. >> ted cruz was correct. let me repeat. ted cruz was correct. and people watching that at the time might have covered it like horse race politics or well, these are just two politicians fighting, or okay, they dragged the enquirer into it. but what was not well exposed at the time, what it only took a federal case, the separate investigation at sdny and this then this case and pecker's immunity and him coming to the stand, what we now learn many years later is that ted cruz was right about that very point. and that it was more than just unfair and inaccu
. >> all i did is point out the fact that on the cover of the "national enquirer" there is a picture him and crazy lee harvey oswald having breakfast. now ted never denied that it was his father. instead he said donald trump, i had nothing to do with it. >> donald's source for this is the "national enquirer." the "national enquirer" is tabloid trash, but it's run by his good friend david pecker, the ceo, who has endorsed donald trump. and so the...
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now, before the brd to sell mcd to the national enquirer for a million dollars. at one point, prosecutors revealed the text exchange between davidson and the tabloid's editor where davidson joked, throw in an ambassadorship for me. i'm thinking aisle of man. when asked whoi he made the joke, he said it was a reference to trump's candidacy, that if the tabloid bought the story, it would help trump. i want to bring back in vaughn hillyard. kimberly is a boston globe columnist and msnbc political analyst and jeremy is still with me. criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor with the manhattan d.a.'s office. if you were donald trump's defense attorney, what about this morning's testimony worries you most? >> well, i think it's established that not everyone had an agenda. you have farro who's connecting the dots. you have the sense of urgency. establishing intent or basis. that court of texting you just referenced, i'm saving the future of potential president's backside. everything is really starting to establish to keep the proof beyond a reasonable doubt that
now, before the brd to sell mcd to the national enquirer for a million dollars. at one point, prosecutors revealed the text exchange between davidson and the tabloid's editor where davidson joked, throw in an ambassadorship for me. i'm thinking aisle of man. when asked whoi he made the joke, he said it was a reference to trump's candidacy, that if the tabloid bought the story, it would help trump. i want to bring back in vaughn hillyard. kimberly is a boston globe columnist and msnbc political...
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but the thing about the national enquirer, number one, it's a throwback. i do think it feeds into, you know, what you're talking about which is, you used to see it at the grocery store before you checked out and you'd say, gee, i wonder if that's true. the hallmark of what donald trump does and he instructs those around him to express doubt to plant a seed whether it's conspiracy or a lie and allow it to blossom kind of naturally, so that seems to be what he was doing by using david pecker and i just wonder, lisa, i wonder if you could talk about the defense's case here, do they have a leg to stand on? >> they do. and they don't. one of the things that they've said nondisclosure agreements are perfectly lawful, influencing an election assed to plan chard said it's perfectly lawful, it's called democracy. yes, in isolation. to put them to a purpose that this has been put to, in other words to influence an election by not reporting in kind or actual campaign contributions essentially, is not lawful. so, i think their best defense is to distant donald trump f
but the thing about the national enquirer, number one, it's a throwback. i do think it feeds into, you know, what you're talking about which is, you used to see it at the grocery store before you checked out and you'd say, gee, i wonder if that's true. the hallmark of what donald trump does and he instructs those around him to express doubt to plant a seed whether it's conspiracy or a lie and allow it to blossom kind of naturally, so that seems to be what he was doing by using david pecker and...
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former "national enquirer" ceo david pecker. the defense spent hours trying to trip him up, catch him in contradictions, even introducing several instances where they say pecker's recollection of key events had changed over time. but the prosecution got the last word before lunch, getting pecker
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pecker is the former publisher of the "national enquirer" who has testified that he was involved in efforts to catch and kill stories that could have hurt trump during the 2016 campaign. nbc's vaughn hillyard is outside the courthouse. also with us, john sale, watergate assistant prosecutor and former federal prosecutor, and jessica roth, also a former federal prosecutor. thank you all for joining us. vaughn, what's happening so far there this morning? >> reporter: right, yesterday on the stand during the cross examination, it was only able to last about one hour before ultimately court ended, and that's where this morning the cross examination from donald trump's defense attorney emil bove continues of david pecker. the focus so far this morning has been on two specific parts, number one, the extent to which hope hicks was involved in that august of 2015 meeting, asked about whether hope hicks was an active participant or spoke during that meeting, david pecker conceded that, no, she did not actively participate or speak during that trump tower meeting that was engaged between michael cohe
pecker is the former publisher of the "national enquirer" who has testified that he was involved in efforts to catch and kill stories that could have hurt trump during the 2016 campaign. nbc's vaughn hillyard is outside the courthouse. also with us, john sale, watergate assistant prosecutor and former federal prosecutor, and jessica roth, also a former federal prosecutor. thank you all for joining us. vaughn, what's happening so far there this morning? >> reporter: right,...
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that would be like national enquirer gold. at the time you enter that agreement you had zero intention of publishing that story? pecker, that's correct. stein glass, and despite the fact that publishing that story would've helped your bottom line, you killed the story because it helped the candidate, donald trump. pecker, yes. pretty damaging testimony. the defense team tried to poke holes in it by suggesting that the national enquirer killed the mcdougal story not to help donald trump, but to help karen mcdougal. defense attorney emil bove. and you were very clear on cross-examination that ms. mcdougal did not want to publish that story, right? that is correct. bove, she wanted to promote her name and brand, correct? yes. she, karen mcdougal was illegitimate celebrity at that time, right? pecker, let me say this. did she meet the celebrity category at that time? no. there were reportedly audible chuckles in the courtroom after that happened. it was not what you would call a highlight moment for the defense. in fact, to be hon
that would be like national enquirer gold. at the time you enter that agreement you had zero intention of publishing that story? pecker, that's correct. stein glass, and despite the fact that publishing that story would've helped your bottom line, you killed the story because it helped the candidate, donald trump. pecker, yes. pretty damaging testimony. the defense team tried to poke holes in it by suggesting that the national enquirer killed the mcdougal story not to help donald trump, but to...
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that's expected to be former national enquirer publisher, david pecker. he's likely to be pressed about alleged efforts to bury damaging stories about donald trump during the 2016 election. earlier this morning, prosecutors gave their open statement, accusing mr. trump of a criminal conspiracy to hide embarrassing relationships by preventing them from getting into the press, thus influencing the outcome of the 2016 election then covering it all up. the defense followed saying that mr. trump did not commit any crimes, describing him as not just the republican nominee, but as the frugal business man, also a husband and a father. defense lawyer todd blanche calling the story a lie and insisting mr. trump is not -- what michael cohen did. donald trump has pleaded not guilty to the 34 charges. >> that's a lot and there's a lot we're going to get to but i should say what we witnessed over the last several hours the just the start of a hugely consequential week for the former president who is simultaneously the republican nominee, presumed nominee. certainly the
that's expected to be former national enquirer publisher, david pecker. he's likely to be pressed about alleged efforts to bury damaging stories about donald trump during the 2016 election. earlier this morning, prosecutors gave their open statement, accusing mr. trump of a criminal conspiracy to hide embarrassing relationships by preventing them from getting into the press, thus influencing the outcome of the 2016 election then covering it all up. the defense followed saying that mr. trump did...
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this is a guy who's the number two at the national enquirer. because of the role they played in catch and kill. not just one story, mull multiple stories. t that tells you a lot about who donald trump is. we don't know how the public will consume it. new yorkers aren't talking about it on the streets today, but it does tell you about his character. his willingness to do anything as chris said earlier, to hold on to power. >> the other piece of it is we're going to get some new information here. bragg is not just going to have michael cohen there on the witness stand for weeks on end. he's bringing in, we have a list of potential witnesses. karen mcdougle, keith davidson. the entire editorial infrastructure of ami and the national enquirer. dave pecker. dylan howard. jeffrey mcconnie, the comptroller for the trump organization. these people have new perspective on a very tawdry story and like if there's one thing this country likes is a great story. >> can i two more? madeleine westerhouse and hope hicks. madeleine sat outside the oval office. s
this is a guy who's the number two at the national enquirer. because of the role they played in catch and kill. not just one story, mull multiple stories. t that tells you a lot about who donald trump is. we don't know how the public will consume it. new yorkers aren't talking about it on the streets today, but it does tell you about his character. his willingness to do anything as chris said earlier, to hold on to power. >> the other piece of it is we're going to get some new information...
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now the national enquirer chief david pecker was clearly the hottest unloading details, dishing on the original sorted meeting that formed the trump alliance which involved a heavy dose of defamation including ted cruz and his family. details how the enquirer acted as an arm of the campaign, meaning that its so-called media decisions were phoned in by cohen himself and the money to silence women came from both the enquirer and cohen who, of course, was reimbursed by trump. karen mcdougall and stormy daniels, they got money from different places but it went back to the original campaign motivation. pecker told on cohen for how he tried to hide their contacts back in the day when i using secret messaging app? how secret is it if we all are hearing about it in court? that didn't work. the da said trump's side knew this was wrong, pecker got nervous when election regulators probed and cohen claimed jeff sessions was in his pocket over at the doj. that adds to the evidence that team trump knew they had criminal exposure from this and their thinking was not we didn't do a crime, their thinki
now the national enquirer chief david pecker was clearly the hottest unloading details, dishing on the original sorted meeting that formed the trump alliance which involved a heavy dose of defamation including ted cruz and his family. details how the enquirer acted as an arm of the campaign, meaning that its so-called media decisions were phoned in by cohen himself and the money to silence women came from both the enquirer and cohen who, of course, was reimbursed by trump. karen mcdougall and...
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yes. >> joshua steinglass would have been "the national enquirer" gold? you have zero intention of publication even if it would help the bottom line. you killed it because it would have hurt president trump's? david pecker . correct. court cannot be back in session until tuesday but the breakdown is happening right now. running me is joyce vance and hugo lowell. we were in new york at the same time for this title. david credibility. he was saying donald trump, he considered to be his mentor. yet, to his credit, even on cross examination by the defense attorney for donald trump, david pecker stood his ground. he held the line and said this was all to help influence the outcome by benefiting donald trump's campaign. >> "the national enquirer" wanted to protect this trump and this came through all through the testimony. it was extremely significant because trump was hoping or trumps lawyers were hoping to a certain extent they would be able to suggest that he was disgruntled, that they hadn't been friends for some time. they didn't have close connections any
yes. >> joshua steinglass would have been "the national enquirer" gold? you have zero intention of publication even if it would help the bottom line. you killed it because it would have hurt president trump's? david pecker . correct. court cannot be back in session until tuesday but the breakdown is happening right now. running me is joyce vance and hugo lowell. we were in new york at the same time for this title. david credibility. he was saying donald trump, he considered to...
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former "national enquirer" ceo david pecker is still on the stand and he's being cross examined by donald trump's team. pecker today was asked at length and in detail about the catch and kill scheme that he hatched in a meeting with the ex-president and michael cohen, trump's former fixer. pecker detailed how he purchased the story of trump's alleged affair with former playbook model karen mcdougal for $150,000. and then this happened. the lawyer for the prosecution, his name joshua steinglass asked pecker, quote, was your principle purpose to suppress her story not to influence the election? pecker yes, it was. steinglass, then asked, were you aware that expenditures made by corporations for the purpose of influencing an election are unlawful? yes, pecker responded. then steinglass, the prosecutor, asked pecker why he bought mcdougal's story. pecker said, we purchased the story so it wouldn't be published by any other organization. we didn't want the story to embarrass mr. trump or embarrass or hurt the campaign. all of this laying the groundwork for what happened later in 2016 when peck
former "national enquirer" ceo david pecker is still on the stand and he's being cross examined by donald trump's team. pecker today was asked at length and in detail about the catch and kill scheme that he hatched in a meeting with the ex-president and michael cohen, trump's former fixer. pecker detailed how he purchased the story of trump's alleged affair with former playbook model karen mcdougal for $150,000. and then this happened. the lawyer for the prosecution, his name joshua...
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this would have been, for the reasons they say, a valuable article for the national enquirer to run in its own right, but they would not do it because they had one reason and one reason only. that was the most effective, the bridge they built to stormy daniels, who is coming. >> i saw anderson cooper a couple of times. she talks about her love for him and his love for her. what kind of story with that have been? >> that is a difference between a stormy daniels situation and the karen mcdougal matter. stormy daniels was a one night tries to. karen mcdougal was there for months. he said her story is credible. i thought, we will break this and this will be the biggest group of the election. we had to sit down with a playboy girl, talking about her love for president donald trump while he was a married man. >> she believed it was his love for her. here is what she described. i want to ask you how this would figure into the article and their logistics. >> when you say you had arranged to go someplace, how would it be arranged? >> i would pay for the flight. i would book it myself. i would b
this would have been, for the reasons they say, a valuable article for the national enquirer to run in its own right, but they would not do it because they had one reason and one reason only. that was the most effective, the bridge they built to stormy daniels, who is coming. >> i saw anderson cooper a couple of times. she talks about her love for him and his love for her. what kind of story with that have been? >> that is a difference between a stormy daniels situation and the...
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and cohen, because he couldn't rely on american media and the national enquirer to pay off daniels, ultimately withdrew a line of credit from his own home equity in order to come up with that $130,000 that is at the core of what has been a wild day for this jury. it's a lot within just a couple of hours here. as you just said, these text messages continue to provide so much insight into the literal minute by minute, hour by hour in which this went down there in the aftermath of the access hollywood tape. >> our reporters say the jury has been wrapped. they've been paying very close attention to these text messages, watching the screen where they're being revealed. joining us now, criminal defense attorney, danny, and "new york times" investigative reporter, david. david, back to you on this issue of the moment that we were in in the campaign. you broke the access hollywood tape. bring us into how crucial this testimony could be for the prosecution. >> the prosecution has to prove two things here. not just that donald trump lied about the documents that show michael cohen paid somebody off but
and cohen, because he couldn't rely on american media and the national enquirer to pay off daniels, ultimately withdrew a line of credit from his own home equity in order to come up with that $130,000 that is at the core of what has been a wild day for this jury. it's a lot within just a couple of hours here. as you just said, these text messages continue to provide so much insight into the literal minute by minute, hour by hour in which this went down there in the aftermath of the access...
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he texted the editor in chief of the "national enquirer." it was one month later that this story, karen mcdougal's story in which she alleged a ten-month affair was being negotiated between "national enquirer" or abc and that's when the editor in chief text messaged one month later in july of 2016 davidson to say, quote, we're going to lay it on thick for her to which davidson responded to the "national enquirer" editor, good, throw in an ambassadorship for me, i'm thinking of the isle of man, to which howard responded, lol. this hits at the heart of the acknowledgement that perhaps donald trump was behind this effort to purchase the alleged story of the sexual relations between karen mcdougal and donald trump. the prosecution directly asked him, quote, the following, is it safe to say if you close this deal, it would somehow benefit donald trump? to which davidson, again, the attorney representing stormy daniels and karen mcdougal responded, yes, this is beginning to fill out some of these pieces about the actual negotiations and the extent
he texted the editor in chief of the "national enquirer." it was one month later that this story, karen mcdougal's story in which she alleged a ten-month affair was being negotiated between "national enquirer" or abc and that's when the editor in chief text messaged one month later in july of 2016 davidson to say, quote, we're going to lay it on thick for her to which davidson responded to the "national enquirer" editor, good, throw in an ambassadorship for me, i'm...
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the prosecutors finished their questioning of former "national enquirer" publisher david pecker. where he acknowledged that the purpose of catching and killing playboy model karen mcdougal's story about an affair with trump was to help trump during the 2016 election cycle. and pecker said he was aware that he was breaking campaign finance laws. pecker also testified that he discussed mcdougal with trump while he was in the white house. this comes less than a day after 18 people were indicted in arizona for their roles in an attempt to overturn trump's loss in the 2020 election there. including 11 fake electors who submitted a document to congress falsely declaring that trump won the state. along with several trump aides including rudy giuliani, mark meadows, and boris epshteyn. trump himself was not charged but was referred to as an unindicted coconspirator. as all of this was happening, in washington, d.c. today, the supreme court heard oral arguments on trump's claim that presidents have absolute immunity to essentially do whatever they want in office, crimes included, as long
the prosecutors finished their questioning of former "national enquirer" publisher david pecker. where he acknowledged that the purpose of catching and killing playboy model karen mcdougal's story about an affair with trump was to help trump during the 2016 election cycle. and pecker said he was aware that he was breaking campaign finance laws. pecker also testified that he discussed mcdougal with trump while he was in the white house. this comes less than a day after 18 people were...
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"the national enquirer" publisher, david pecker will be back on the stand detailing what prosecutors call a conspiracy to win the white house in 2016. trump's lawyer denied any willful violation of the judge's gag order. trump faces 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a hush-money payment made to an adult film actress, stormy daniels. with us now to talk more about this, nbc news correspondent, vaughn hillyard, outside the courtroom in manhattan, and senior fbi official, gerald coleman, and a former prosecutor, and a former new york assistant attorney general who led the investigation into trump university. so as we await, vaughn, court to resume, take us what we have been seeing this morning so far? >> reporter: over the course of nearly an hour and a half, the gag order hearing that was in the works for the better part of a week came into order here. the jury was not in here for this part of the morning, but this was the opportunity for the prosecution to make their case to judge merchan that trump had repeatedly attacked witnesses, but also not to make public state
"the national enquirer" publisher, david pecker will be back on the stand detailing what prosecutors call a conspiracy to win the white house in 2016. trump's lawyer denied any willful violation of the judge's gag order. trump faces 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a hush-money payment made to an adult film actress, stormy daniels. with us now to talk more about this, nbc news correspondent, vaughn hillyard, outside the courtroom in manhattan, and senior fbi...
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and the national enquirer would do it. do you think that trump even has the ability to have an arrangement like that? he communicates directly with sean hannitd. >> murdoc is not wired in the way his father rupert was or other moguls like david pecker were. he wants to keep the business humming. this is all about business. that is exactly what is the same with david pecker and the inquirer. this is about a financial relationship. they believe they have a fiduciary, they believe this is the responsibility to the shareholders then you will see on the air on fox, when they interview voters the voters are saying the exact same things. >> it's a feed back loop. this seems like terror incognito. i was there when multiple jurors said i'm worry about my safety and the judge said i'm directing that the press simply apply common sense and refrain from writing about anything that has to do with physical descriptions of the jurors. that is just not necessary. he is asking the press and that included the mainstream. but is his ability
and the national enquirer would do it. do you think that trump even has the ability to have an arrangement like that? he communicates directly with sean hannitd. >> murdoc is not wired in the way his father rupert was or other moguls like david pecker were. he wants to keep the business humming. this is all about business. that is exactly what is the same with david pecker and the inquirer. this is about a financial relationship. they believe they have a fiduciary, they believe this is...
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pecker said the trump covers were consistently the "national enquirer's" best seller. the other covers that sold a lot of enquirer magazines on the supermarket news stands, covers featuring stories about bill clinton's womanizing and hillary clinton enabling him. making the deal with michael cohen, something he says happened in august 2015 with cohen and then campaign communications director hope hicks in the room, was a win-win. the enquirer would publish negative stories about trump's opponents which they did repeatedly, particularly when ben carson, ted cruz, and marco rubio started rising in the polls in the spring of 2016. at the same time, running positive stories featuring donald trump as the ideal next president of the united states, which they also did throughout that year. pecker was personally invited by cohen to trump's presidential announcement in trump tower. and he hoped to financially benefit from how many magazines the pro-trump and anti-trump competitor issues would sell. a total win-win. he also testified that once trump announced his presidential bi
pecker said the trump covers were consistently the "national enquirer's" best seller. the other covers that sold a lot of enquirer magazines on the supermarket news stands, covers featuring stories about bill clinton's womanizing and hillary clinton enabling him. making the deal with michael cohen, something he says happened in august 2015 with cohen and then campaign communications director hope hicks in the room, was a win-win. the enquirer would publish negative stories about...
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enquirer." they suggested pecker's actions were based on business considerations and he would have done them anyway whether or not he had an agreement with trump. for instance, pecker admitted to trump's lawyer that the $30,000 payment to buy the rights for the former doorman's false story that trump fathered an illegitimate child could have led to millions of dollars in sales for the "national enquirer" if true. he asked and that is why you decided to pay mr. sajudin $30,000, correct? pecker answered, yes. bovee, because you could not have him taking his story to another publication if it was true, right? pecker, that's correct. bove, it would be too great a loss to ami to lose control of such a story if it were true, right? >> yes. they had yet to explain how this agreement was anything other than standard. pecker admitted to having coordinated thousands of nondisclosure agreements, suppressing stories to help a friend or use as leverage with a celebrity, he was asked by prosecutor joshua stei
enquirer." they suggested pecker's actions were based on business considerations and he would have done them anyway whether or not he had an agreement with trump. for instance, pecker admitted to trump's lawyer that the $30,000 payment to buy the rights for the former doorman's false story that trump fathered an illegitimate child could have led to millions of dollars in sales for the "national enquirer" if true. he asked and that is why you decided to pay mr. sajudin $30,000,...