It will cap a consequential week in the criminal cases the former president is facing as he vies to reclaim the White House in November.
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s defense team in his hush money case sought Friday to undermine the testimony of the prosecution’s lead witness and his account that a tabloid’s practice of helping to bury embarrassing stories about Trump was part of a scheme to aid the Republican’s 2016 campaign.
David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer, returned to the witness stand for a fourth day as defense attorneys tried to poke holes in his testimony about his tabloid’s efforts to protect his old friend from potentially damaging stories using a catch-and-kill scheme.
Pecker’s testimony is crucial for prosecutors, who allege the effort was a way to illegally influence the 2016 election. Under cross-examination, Trump’s lawyers are trying to show that any dealings Trump …
