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Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on in the courtroom, as his criminal trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016 continues, at Manhattan state court in New York City, U.S., April 23, 2024.
Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters
Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker on Tuesday testified in the New York hush money trial of Donald Trump that his outlet would “embellish” negative stories about Trump’s political rivals during the 2016 election.
Trump’s then-attorney Michael Cohen would reach out and request that the tabloid publish an article about one of Trump’s opponents, Pecker testified in Manhattan Supreme Court.
Cohen would send an article about one of those opponents, such as Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and the Enquirer “would embellish it from there,” Pecker testified.
He added that he understood Cohen to be reaching out on behalf of himself and Trump.
Pecker was …
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