Jurors weighing former President Donald Trump's fate got a read-back Thursday of testimony from former tabloid executive David Pecker and Trump lawyer Michael Cohen as they weigh a verdict in the hush money case.
David Pecker, chairman and CEO of American Media, speaks at an event, Jan. 31, 2014, in New York. Pecker is the National Enquirer’s former publisher and a longtime friend of Donald Trump. Prosecutors say he met with Trump and Trump’s …NEW YORK — Jurors weighing former President Donald Trump’s fate got a read-back Thursday of testimony from former tabloid executive David Pecker and Trump lawyer Michael Cohen as they weigh a verdict in the hush money case.
Two court reporters, both women with New York accents, read the testimony aloud. One played the role of the attorney and sat in the court reporter’s seat and the other read the witness’ testimony from the witness stand. They both read without emotion. Prosecutors allege Mr. Trump’s catch-and-kill media strategy resulted in payoffs to a trio of people, including a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels by Mr. Cohen right before the election. The state says Mr. Trump was part of a criminal scheme to cover up the nature of the payment in 2017 through reimbursement checks to Mr. Cohen.
The testimony included Mr. Pecker’s decision he didn’t need to be reimbursed the $150,000 his media company paid for Ms. McDougal’s story.
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