Hi everyone a blockbuster day of news today it's 4 o'clock in New York pulling the curtain back on an extraordinary

scheme hatched by a former American president his fixer and a big-time ally of

his in the tabloid media it was a plan crafted to cast then candidate Donald

Trump in a positive light in the all-important tabloids. Boosting stories

that were favorable to him silencing ones that weren't and smearing everyone

that got in the way. The witness on the stand today in Trump's criminal

election interference hush money trial detailed exactly how the scheme worked on a day-to-day basis.

David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Inquirer,

described a relationship with Donald Trump that dated back to the late 1980s.

Hecker noted that Trump was one of the first people to find him. that dated back to the late 1980s.

Pekker noted that Trump was one of the first people to call him and congratulate him

when he bought the National Inquirer back in 1999.

So their friendship was already a longstanding one by the time his friend Donald Trump decided to run for president

What pecker described on the stand today

amid questioning from Manhattan-DA Bragg's team was the details and the operational

aspects of that explicit agreement between Trump, his lawyer Michael Cohen, and

David Packer and what they did to boost Trump's campaign.

Peker said he would look out for Trump and act as his quote eyes and ears.

And he also described a practice where he would quote embellish stories that Michael

Cohen sent over to him about Trump's competition. The big moment showcasing again

how this arrangement functioned the all-important The all important Trump Tower meeting in August of 2015 among these three men.

Pekker described Trump and his former fixer asking him what he and his magazines could do to help the Trump campaign.

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