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Ex-tabloid publisher testifies at hush money trial about scheme to shield Trump from damaging stories
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Quick Glance: Trial Judge Evaluates Trump's Compliance with Gag Order
  • Former President Trump is on trial in New York for hush money issues. David Pecker from 'National Enquirer' testified about an agreement to manipulate stories about Trump and his rivals.

  • Concerns arose about Trump's violation of the gag order by criticizing court members. Mary McCord explained how the administration of justice can be disrupted by defendants' statements, leading to legal restrictions.

  • Despite reluctance to detain a former president, fines may be imposed for attacks on witnesses and judicial families. Threats to security and witness testimonies pose serious challenges to the trial's integrity.

  • Judges emphasize the importance of upholding justice by addressing threats and ensuring the safety of those involved in legal proceedings. The credibility of the trial hinges on maintaining a fair and secure environment.
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Former tabloid publisher details actions on behalf of Trump ahead of 2016 election
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Quick Glance: Trump Trials Insights: The Payment to Playboy
  • During the seventh day of Donald Trump's criminal trial in Manhattan, the defendant's relationship with the National Enquirer was explored further.

  • Pecker was granted protection from state prosecutors in 2019.

  • Pecker was aware that the payment to the Playboy model violated election laws.

  • Trump and Pecker's relationship extends prior to the election.
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Tracing the Trail of Hush-Money Deals That Led to Trump’s Prosecution: Before Stormy Daniels, Donald J. Trump and his allies paid to keep other stories buried as ...
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Tracing the Trail of Hush-Money Deals That Led to Trump’s Prosecution
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Trump focused on campaign, not family, when facing media, trial witness says: Trump sought to block damaging media reports during the 2016 campaign but did not ...
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Trump focused on campaign, not family, when facing media, trial witness ...
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David Pecker: Michael Cohen used to ask tabloid to run negative articles on Trump's political opponents
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David Pecker: Michael Cohen used to ask tabloid to run negative articles ...
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Hidden world of 'catch and kill' tabloids spotlighted in Trump's hush money trial
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Enquirer Chief David Pecker Testifies He Was Told Stormy’s Trump Story Was ‘True’
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Enquirer Chief David Pecker Testifies He Was Told Stormy’s Trump Story Was ...
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Live updates: Ex-National Enquirer publisher testifies about adult-film actress, others at Trump’s hush money trial
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Live updates: Ex-National Enquirer publisher testifies about adult-film ...
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Trump could not stand being cross-examined | Letters to the editor: Donald Trump will never testify in his own behalf, a reader says, because he would have to ...
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Trump could not stand being cross-examined | Letters to the editor
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Trump Trial Today: David Pecker Returns and a Contempt Ruling Looms: The trial stemming from payments made to a porn star will also be in session at the same ...
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Trump Trial Today: David Pecker Returns and a Contempt Ruling Looms
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Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testifies he suppressed a story about alleged Rahm Emanuel affair
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Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testifies he suppressed a ...
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Lachlan Cartwright: What I Saw at the National Enquirer During Trump’s Rise: Inside the notorious “catch and kill” campaign that now stands at the heart of the ...
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Lachlan Cartwright: What I Saw at the National Enquirer During Trump’s ...
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Judge Will Allow Evidence Of Donald Trump’s Arrangement With National Enquirer For Positive 2016 Coverage — Update
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Judge Will Allow Evidence Of Donald Trump’s Arrangement With National ...
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'Catch and kill' will be described to jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial as testimony resumes
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Quick Glance: Trump's Attempt to Influence 2016 Election: Hush Money Trial Begins
  • An prosecutor alleges that Donald Trump tried to illegally influence the 2016 election by preventing damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public.

  • The trial, potentially lasting up to two months, will require Trump to spend his days in a courtroom instead of on the campaign trail.

  • The indictment includes 34 counts of falsifying business records, punishable by up to four years in prison.

  • The case sheds light on efforts to suppress stories, known as 'Catch-and-Kill' in tabloid industry, to prevent potentially damaging revelations.
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'King's horses take free rein through London': A roundup of the headlines from the US front pages
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'King's horses take free rein through London'
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Trump’s hush-money trial: key takeaways from opening statements: The ex-president appeared uncomfortable at times as his criminal trial finally got under way in ...
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Trump’s hush-money trial: key takeaways from opening statements
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Trump Doorman’s Love-Child Story Cited at Hush-Money Trial: The Trump Tower doorman’s love-child story is mostly forgotten. Prosecutors in the hush-money trial ...
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Trump Doorman’s Love-Child Story Cited at Hush-Money Trial
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#EXCLUSIVE : Donald Trump's historic criminal trial will hear opening arguments this week and at the heart of the case is a 'catch and kill' scheme - where The ... Show more   #9News
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What do Donald Trump and I have in common? The National Enquirer.: Once, tabloids like the National Enquirer ruled the newsstands. But even when I was riveted to ...
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What do Donald Trump and I have in common? The National Enquirer.
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What do Donald Trump and I have in common? The National Enquirer | Opinion: Once, tabloids like the National Enquirer ruled the newsstands. But even when I was ...
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Inside the secret meeting where Donald Trump’s ‘catch and kill’ trial began: Soon after Trump announced his run for president in 2015, he allegedly hatched a ...
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Quick Glance: Trump Faces Trial Amid Presidential Campaign Allegations
  • Jury selection begins April 15 with a potential eight-week trial ahead.

  • Trump faces 34 counts of falsifying business records, denying allegations of suppressing scandals.

  • Key witnesses like Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels might testify against Trump.

  • Despite Trump's denial of wrongdoing, witness testimonies pose a significant challenge.
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Walton mayor resigns amid accusations of 'corrupt behavior': The city council unanimously voted to censure the mayor over two accusations
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Walton mayor resigns amid accusations of 'corrupt behavior'
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How much for Sunlite Pool? Supporters say $146K, symphony says it's not for sale: A group trying to save the Coney Island pool is offering to pay $146K for it ...
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How much for Sunlite Pool? Supporters say $146K, symphony says it's not ...
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Hamilton County Auditor Brigid Kelly resigns over 'serious health issues': Hamilton County Auditor Brigid Kelly resigned Wednesday via letter ...
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Hamilton County Auditor Brigid Kelly resigns over 'serious health issues'
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In Ohio, a congressional candidate leaves a trail of court cases and controversy: One of the 11 GOP congressional candidates running for the 2nd District has ...
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In Ohio, a congressional candidate leaves a trail of court cases and ...
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Kroger-Albertsons merger: What happens now that the feds have moved to block it?: What happens now that the Federal Trade Commission has taken legal action to ...
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Kroger-Albertsons merger: What happens now that the feds have moved to ...
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House budget bill would help 'Riverbend 2.0' and Mason tennis tournament: Ohio lawmakers introduced legislation to give the Coney Island project and other ...
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House budget bill would help 'Riverbend 2.0' and Mason tennis tournament
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Conan O'Brien: Jan 6 is a blip compared to how much Trump hurt comedy: The late-night legend compared writing jokes about the former president to trying to ...
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Conan O'Brien: Jan 6 is a blip compared to how much Trump hurt comedy
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Kelly Osbourne Reveals Heartbreaking Reason There Are No Photos Of Her Pregnant: Osbourne, who gave birth to her son earlier this year, explained why she “hid” ...
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Kelly Osbourne Reveals Heartbreaking Reason There Are No Photos Of Her ...
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Billionaire Jeff Bezos Engaged To Partner Lauren Sánchez, Report Says: Bezos and Sánchez’s engagement comes more than four years after the couple first went ...
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Billionaire Jeff Bezos Engaged To Partner Lauren Sánchez, Report Says
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What The People v. Trump has in common with Dominion v. Fox: Two of the biggest news stories of recent weeks—Trump’s indictment and Fox News’s Dominion ...
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What The People v. Trump has in common with Dominion v. Fox
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No more hush money at National Enquirer, its new publisher says: During an hourlong interview, Ted Farnsworth distanced the tabloid from the tactics practiced by ...
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No more hush money at National Enquirer, its new publisher says
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Manhattan DA sheds new light on National Enquirer publisher's efforts to boost Trump 2016 campaign
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Manhattan DA sheds new light on National Enquirer publisher's efforts to ...
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Donald Trump indicted: The key figures in the hush money case - including ex-Playboy model
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Quick Glance: Stormy Daniels threatened to dance in the streets if Trump was indicted. She is now upset about what happened.
  • For nearly two hours, Stormy Daniels was unaware of Trump's indictment.

  • Stormy Daniels' statement denying an affair with Trump is from 2018.

  • Recap: A grand jury indicts Donald Trump in New York, making him the first former president to face criminal charges.

  • "I think obviously the grand jury looked at a lot of documents and heard a lot of testimony and made a decision, and I have to respect that," Brewster said.
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Ex-National Enquirer publisher David Pecker meets with Manhattan grand jury in Trump hush money probe
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Ex-National Enquirer publisher David Pecker meets with Manhattan grand ...
Quick Glance: Former National Enquirer Publisher Testifies Before Trump's Grand Jury
  • Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker is said to have testified once more before a Manhattan grand jury investigating Donald J. Trump and an alleged hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.

  • According to a report in The New York Times this afternoon, Pecker returned to the grand jury today after previously testifying in [...
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It's not just Stormy Daniels. Here are ongoing criminal investigations Trump faces
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It's not just Stormy Daniels. Here are ongoing criminal investigations ...
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Former National Enquirer Publisher David Pecker Testifies in Donald Trump Porn Star Payout Inquiry
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Former National Enquirer Publisher David Pecker Testifies in Donald Trump ...
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The National Enquirer Unveils Its First-Ever Digital Advertising Strategy: The publisher, now under new ownership, will use sweepstakes to collect first-party ...
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The National Enquirer Unveils Its First-Ever Digital Advertising Strategy
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The Bitter Feud Tearing Apart ‘National Enquirer’ Founder Generoso Pope Jr.’s Family
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The Bitter Feud Tearing Apart ‘National Enquirer’ Founder Generoso Pope Jr ...
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National Enquirer has finally been sold after seeking a buyer for years: National Enquirer, the 97-year-old controversial tabloid behind several bombshell ...
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National Enquirer has finally been sold after seeking a buyer for years
Quick Glance: After a lengthy hunt, the scandal-plagued National Enquirer has found a buyer.
  • VVIP Ventures, the acquirer, announced the acquisition of the Enquirer and its tabloid sisters, the National Examiner and the Globe, from A360 Media of New York.

  • Amid the growing controversies, AMI announced in 2019 that it will sell the Enquirer and its other celebrity gossip titles for $100 million to business executive James Cohen.

  • Vinco Ventures Inc. and VVIP Ventures are partners in VVIP Ventures.

  • Vinco Ventures, the other buyer, is the owner of the social media app Lomotif as well as AdRizer, an advertising technology startup.
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Former National Enquirer publisher appears before Donald Trump grand jury: The Manhattan district attorney is considering filing charges against Trump.
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Former National Enquirer publisher appears before Donald Trump grand jury
Quick Glance: Trump's hush money case in New York goes to a grand jury on Monday.
  • A grand jury is hearing evidence in New York about former President Donald Trump's role in hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels during his 2016 presidential campaign, according to two sources familiar with the situation.

  • According to Reuters, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testified before the grand jury.

  • According to the Wall Street Journal, Pecker, AMI's former CEO and a longtime friend of Trump and Cohen, told prosecutors about their hush-money deals with McDougal and Daniels before Trump's 2016 U.S. election victory.
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America's print tabloid era is over: A small group of powerful voices has been replaced by hundreds of digital influencers that run the same rumors.
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America's print tabloid era is over
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Ex-publisher of National Enquirer set to meet with prosecutors investigating Trump
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Ex-publisher of National Enquirer set to meet with prosecutors ...
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Vladimir Putin 'uses a cryogenic oxygen tank to extend his life': The President of Russia has turned to using an oxygen tank - similar to the one previously used ...
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Vladimir Putin 'uses a cryogenic oxygen tank to extend his life'
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National Enquirer Sold to Group Including Indicted Ex-MoviePass Chairman: The scandal-riddled magazine’s new owner was charged with defrauding investors last ...
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National Enquirer Sold to Group Including Indicted Ex-MoviePass Chairman
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National Enquirer, caught in ‘catch-and-kill’ scandal, sold: The National Enquirer, the tabloid that engaged in “catch-and-kill” practices to bury stories about ...
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National Enquirer, caught in ‘catch-and-kill’ scandal, sold
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Chris Meloni And Ice-T Team Up To Expertly Deny National Enquirer Story: The "Law & Order" franchise stars hilariously clapped back at the supermarket tabloid's ...
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Chris Meloni And Ice-T Team Up To Expertly Deny National Enquirer Story
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Jane Roe's Baby Tells Her Story: Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff in Roe v. Wade, never had the abortion she was seeking. She gave her baby girl up for ...
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Jane Roe's Baby Tells Her Story
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Jane Roe's Baby Tells Her Story: Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff in Roe v. Wade, never had the abortion she was seeking. She gave her baby girl up for ...
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Jane Roe's Baby Tells Her Story