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By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER, JAKE OFFENHARTZ
Witness David Pecker, acold right, talks connected nan witnesser guidelines while Donald Trump, acold left, looks connected arsenic adjunct territory lawyer Joshua Steingless asks questions pinch Judge Juan Merchan presiding successful Manhattan criminal tribunal Monday, April 22, 2024, successful New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
A longtime tabloid patient is expected Tuesday to show jurors astir his efforts to thief Donald Trump stifle unflattering stories during nan 2016 run arsenic grounds resumes successful the historical hush money trial of nan erstwhile president.
David Pecker, nan erstwhile National Enquirer patient who prosecutors opportunity worked pinch Trump and Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, connected a strategy to bargain up and past spike antagonistic stories during nan campaign, testified concisely connected Monday and will beryllium backmost connected nan guidelines Tuesday successful nan Manhattan trial.
Also Tuesday, prosecutors are expected to show a judge that Trump should beryllium held successful contempt complete a bid of posts connected his Truth Social level that they opportunity violated an earlier gag order barring him from attacking witnesses successful nan case. Trump’s lawyers contradict that he collapsed nan order.
Court is scheduled to resume astatine 9:30 a.m. ET.
