Pecker at hush money trial says Trump feared trysts would hurt image, but didn't mention Melania
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“The first time you heard that phrase was from a prosecutor, right?” Bove said.
“That’s correct,” Pecker said.
Amid news that New York’s top appeals court had overturned disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s conviction — which played out in 2020 in the same courtroom where Trump is on trial — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg was notably not in attendance Thursday morning.
Before the jury was brought in Thursday, prosecutors told Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan that Trump had violated his gag order another four times in three days. Prosecutors previously that Trump be held in contempt and fined $10,000. Merchan said Thursday he’d address the matter next week.
Outside the courtroom, Trump described the day as “breathtaking.”
“Breathtaking and amazing testimony. So, this is a trial that should’ve never happened, this is a case that should’ve never been filed and was really an incredible, an incredible day,” Trump said.
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