Adam Reiss is a reporter and producer for NBC and MSNBC.
The prosecution's first witness in its case against Donald Trump will be back on the stand Friday as defense attorneys try to combat the story he has laid out about how the former president was involved in efforts to quash 'embarrassing' stories that could have hurt him during the 2016 campaign. Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker's testimony marks the end of the second week of Trump's hush money trial.
The first involved a doorman who claimed Trump fathered an illegitimate child. The paper paid the doorman $30,000 for his silence, even though, Pecker told the court, the claim was later determined to be “absolutely 1,000% untrue.” The second story involved former Playboy model Karen McDougal, who claimed to have had a monthslong affair with Trump that began in 2006. Pecker said he believed her account, in part because, he said, Trump had told him that she was 'a nice girl.
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