A longtime tabloid publisher is expected to tell jurors about his efforts to help Donald Trump stifle unflattering stories during the 2016 campaign.
A longtime tabloid publisher is expected to tell jurors about his efforts to help Donald Trump stifle unflattering stories during the 2016 campaign.
The prosecution needs to prove that Trump knowingly used that money for cover up. The defense states that money was paid to Cohen as compensation for campaign-related work. That’s not illegal. Cohen states he paid Pecker and Daniels to cover up stories that would be detrimental to Trump’s campaign, and later received reimbursement payments from Trump. That is illegal. Cohen’s testimony, corroborated by Pecker, is what makes it a crime.