Eric Lach reports on the second week of courtroom proceedings in the People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump, a.k.a. the Stormy Daniels hush-money case.
The judge questioned the credibility of Donald Trump’s defence lawyer, and a key witness told of a plan to buy and bury stories that might have harmed the.
Donald Trump had a dismal day in court Tuesday as the judge presiding over his criminal trial told a defense lawyer he was “losing all credibility” and a key witness pulled back the curtain to expose what prosecutors called a conspiracy to influence the 2016 election.
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/ReutersAs Donald Trump’s hush money trial resumed on Tuesday, David Pecker arrived without the improbable smile he had when he first took the witness stand the day before.On Monday, the 72-year-old accountant-turned-supermarket sleaze had seemed delighted to appear on center stage, even if it was to testify against a man he had once called a friend. He appeared to be energized by the drama of a courtroom packed with reporters, uniformed
NEW YORK A veteran tabloid publisher testified Tuesday that he pledged to be Donald Trump s "eyes and ears" during his 2016 presidential campaign, recounting how he promised the then-candidate that he would help suppress harmful stories and even arranged to purchase the silence of a doorman.