The second week of Donald Trump’s criminal trial closed Friday with his defense team working to show inconsistencies in David Pecker’s testimony — but the former tabloid executive largely stuck to the narrative prosecutors have used to lay out their theory of the case. https://www.politico.com/dims4/default/84a02be/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4900x3268+0+0/resize/1920x1280!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F4f%2F04%2Fb04d6d3548c2848d446c94d5b690%2Ftrump-hush-money-74165.jpg
Pecker, the former CEO of American Media Inc (AMI) and publisher of the National Enquirer, was called as a witness in the trial. The prosecution alleges that Trump engaged in a scheme to prevent damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public. The defense team attempted to undermine Pecker's credibility and point out discrepancies in his testimony