Former National Enquirer publisher testifies that Trump ‘had no idea’ about plans for him to reimburse Cohen for Stormy Daniels story

During testimony on Thursday in Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s falsified business records case against Trump, David Pecker, former chairman of American Media Inc., which publishes the National Enquirer, said that Trump had "no idea" what Pecker was talking about when he asked about Michael Cohen being reimbursed for the Stormy Daniels story.

Pecker testified that when he spoke with Trump about Trump reimbursing Cohen for buying the story, Trump had "no idea what Pecker was talking about."

Trump's defense began their cross-examination of Pecker, the first of the prosecution’s witnesses, who testified over the three days that court has been in session this week, on Thursday afternoon.

Trump defense attorney Emil Bove conducted the cross-examination, asking Pecker, "Under your watch, you only published about half the stories that you purchased, is that right?"

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