Trumps hush money trial mixes bawdy and boring | KLRT [Video]

NEW YORK – Former President Trump’s first criminal trial began with a whirlwind week of salacious testimony from media mogul-turned-state’s witness David Pecker, the ex-National Enquirer publisher who allegedly worked as the “eyes and ears” for Trump’s successful 2016 campaign. 

But in its second week of testimony starting Tuesday, the hush money trial’s storyline will shift to a deep dive into the paperwork that underlies Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s (D) prosecution of the former president on 34 criminal charges of falsifying business records. 

The stark contrast shows how prosecutors have mixed the bawdy and boring to present jurors the state’s theory of the case: that Trump corruptly influenced the 2016 presidential election by lying in New York business records to cover up alleged affairs. Trump has pleaded not guilty and denied any infidelity. 

Across four days of testimony, Pecker put the former president’s alleged sex scandals front and center, …