Donald Trump’s Hush Money Trial Continues with Key Testimony and Legal Disputes

The trial in New York focuses on alleged efforts to suppress damaging stories ahead of the 2016 election, with David Pecker and Michael Cohen central to the prosecution’s case.

• David Pecker, former National Enquirer publisher, testifies about the tabloid's role in 'catch and kill' practices to aid Trump's 2016 campaign.
• Prosecutors argue the hush money payments to Stormy Daniels and others were part of a broader scheme to influence the election.
• Trump’s defense challenges the legality of the charges, arguing that influencing elections is part of democracy.
• Media coverage of the trial scrutinized for its intensity; comparisons made to the O.J. Simpson case.
• The trial could be Trump's only legal reckoning before the November election amid other delayed cases.

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