Trump hush money trial: Tabloid publisher testifies he helped candidacy
Former US President Donald Trump, with lawyer Todd Blanche, speaks to the press as he arrives at his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, U.S., April 23, 2024. TIMOTHY A. CLARY/Pool via REUTERS The first witness in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, testified on Tuesday that he used his supermarket tabloid to suppress stories that might have hurt Trump's 2016 presidential bid.