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By VICTORIA TAFT
The first witness in Donald Trump’s trial for alleged “criminal” bookkeeping errors came with National Enquirer-worthy titillations about what a hot commodity the former president was back in the day. Prosecutors thought they’d burst out of the gate with a little razzle-dazzle and T&A, hoping that jurors would believe the witness had anything to do with the actual charges in the case. This is because â spoiler alert â the prosecutors’ actual case is a “confusing” distraction. It’s the “Seinfeld” of legal cases.But since a Manhattan jury will likely convict the former president because Orange Man Bad, here’s what happened in court with the opening witness on truncated court sessions Monday and Tuesday.David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer, testified that he worked with Trump’s lawyer to kill stories that hurt Trump’s reputation or would be hurtful to his wife and family. This is the so-called catch-and-kill scheme, wherein sources would approach the Enquirer with an unflattering story about Trump (this applies to Hollywood stars and big shots), offer money to the people telling it, and then make the story disappear.
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