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Michael Cohen departs home to testify in Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump's crimin...

Politics May 26

Here’s what every key witness said at Trump’s hush money criminal trial

By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press

Politics Apr 26

Former U.S. President Donald Trump appears at court in New York
Trump’s lawyers grill ex-tabloid publisher Pecker as 1st week of hush money testimony nears close

David Pecker returned to the witness stand for the fourth day as defense attorneys try to poke holes in the testimony of the former National Enquirer publisher.

By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz, Alanna Durkin, Associated Press

Politics Apr 25

Former U.S. President Donald Trump appears at court in New York
Ex-tabloid publisher testifies at hush money trial about scheme to shield Trump from damaging stories

Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker shed light on the inner workings of the supermarket tabloid industry, calmly bringing to life the machinations he says were involved in identifying and burying stories on Trump’s behalf.

By Associated Press

Politics Apr 23

Former U.S. President Donald Trump appears at court in New York
Tabloid publisher testifies he pledged to be Trump’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race

David Pecker is the first witness in Donald Trump’s history-making hush money trial in Manhattan, where he faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records…

By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Eric Tucker, Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press

Politics Apr 23

Former U.S. President Donald Trump appears at court in New York
David Pecker: Michael Cohen used to ask tabloid to run negative articles on Trump’s political opponents

“He would send me information about Ted Cruz or about Ben Carson or Marco Rubio, and that was the basis of our story, and then we would embellish it a little,” the National Enquirer's former publisher said in court.

By Associated Press

Mar 05

Who’s getting document requests from House Democrats in new probe

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

Dozens of people with connections to President Donald Trump and his associates will receive document requests this week, as the House Judiciary Committee starts a broad new probe looking at possible obstruction of justice, corruption and abuse of power.

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Aug 23

AP sources: National Enquirer’s safe held damaging Trump stories

By Jeff Horwitz, Associated Press

The Wall Street Journal reported David Pecker shared with prosecutors details about payments that Michael Cohen says Donald Trump directed in the weeks and months before the presidential election to buy the silence of Karen McDougal and another woman alleging…

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