'There you have it': Ex-prosecutor singles out pivotal confession in Trump trial
According to former prosecutor and current MSNBC host Katie Phang, a confession by former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker under oath in Donald Trump's hush money trial made the case for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office to prosecute the former president.
Opening her show on Saturday, Phang noted that a central part of the 34 felony count prosecution has hinged on whether the payments were being made and stories being buried, were in the best interest of the tabloid or Trump's bid to help his 2016 presidential campaign.
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Phang began by quoting prosecutor Joshua Steinglass pressing Pecker by asking, "... and despite the fact that publishing that story would have helped your bottom line, you killed the story because it helped the candidate, Donald Trump?'
Noting that Pecker replied, "Yes," Phang explained, "And there you have it."
"The conspiracy between Donald Trump and Michael Cohen and David Pecker to catch and kill negative stories in order to benefit then-candidate Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election," she stated before adding, "The chickens are coming home to roost for Trump."
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