Hush-money trial: prosecutor questions David Pecker further over stopping stories detrimental to Trump – live | Donald Trump trials

Prosecutor questions Pecker over stopping stories detrimental to TrumpVictoria BekiempisTo further emphasise that Pecker’s handling of McDougal had not been business as usual, Steinglass asked whether a woman’s story about an affair with a married candidate would do well.“That would have been kind of like National Enquirer gold?” Pecker said. But, Steinglass continued: “At the time you had entered into that agreement [with McDougal], you had zero intention of publishing that story?” He pressed: “Despite the fact that publishing it would help your bottom line, you killed it to…