Who is David Pecker, a key witness in Trump's criminal trial

The former National Enquirer publisher was the first to testify before a jury beginning Monday.

Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker is slated to return to the stand Thursday at Donald Trump’s Manhattan Supreme Court hush money trial — where the jurors are expected to hunker down for their first full day of testimony.

The former president's hush money trial is set to resume Thursday at Manhattan Criminal Court, where ex-National Enquirer publisher David Pecker — the first witness to testify in the historic case — will return to stand.

The former president's hush money trial is set to resume Thursday at Manhattan Criminal Court, where ex-National Enquirer publisher David Pecker — the first witness to testify in the historic case — will return to stand.

The New York criminal trial of Donald Trump is set to resume with testimony from former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker.

Ex-president’s longtime ally and former National Enquirer publisher on stand again following Monday opening statements

Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker is expected to detail schemes to buy and bury stories from a Playboy Playmate and porn star who said they had trysts with Donald Trump.

Latest news and live updates on Day 7 of the Trump hush money trial as testimony against the former president continues.

David Pecker, the former publisher of The National Enquirer, will be back on the stand and is likely to discuss the publication’s contact with Stormy Daniels.

Former National Enquirer publisher says he helped Trump to suppress negative stories that threatened 2016 election campaign

Former President Trump on Thursday weighed in on David Pecker's testimony thus far in the hush money criminal trial.

Ex-National Enquirer publisher David Pecker spells out details of a "catch-and-kill" scheme in former President Trump's hush money trial. Former FBI General Counsel Andrew Weissman and former Assistant Manhattan District Attorney Catherine Christian provide their expertise.

Former FBI General Counsel Andrew Weissman and former Assistant Manhattan District Attorney Catherine Christian discuss former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker's testimony and his "complete lack of remorse."

As Donald Trump's New York felony criminal case resumes Thursday, David Pecker will testify on his role in a scheme to pay off women to silence their stories about Trump in order to affect the 2016 presidential election.

Lawyers for former President Trump have begun their cross-examination of David Pecker in the New York hush money criminal trial. NBC News' Vaughn Hillyard reports from outside the courthouse on the line of questioning Pecker is facing.

Former President Donald Trump's so-called "hush money" criminal trial continued Thursday with the first witness called still on the stand. CBS New York's Alice Gainer was in the courtroom.

David Pecker, former publisher of the National Enquirer, took the stand Thursday for the third day in former President Donald Trump's "hush money" trial in Manhattan. Pecker told the jury that he declined to purchase Stormy Daniels' story himself, but he advised then-Trump attorney Michael Cohen "to buy this story and take it off the market." Robert Costa reports.

David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer, continued to testify Thursday in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York. CBS News national correspondent Errol Barnett is covering the latest.

NBC News' Lisa Rubin reports as David Pecker continues his testimony in the New York hush money trial against former President Trump. Prosecutors questioned him about his relationship with Trump and how he worked to "catch and kill" negative stories, including from Playboy playmate Karen McDougal.

David Pecker, the former CEO of American Media, Inc., or AMI, detailed how he, together with Donald rump and his former fixer, Michael Cohen, conspired to exploit AMI’s cadre of celebrity gossip tabloids and magazines to build the Trump brand and influence the results of the 2016 presidential election.

Howie Kurtz on ex-tabloid publisher David Pecker testifying he engaged in "catch and kill" for Trump, Biden avoiding being firm on campus protests and George Santos dropping bid to return to Congress. Follow Howie on Twitter: @HowardKurtz For more #MediaBuzz click here

Attorney Asha Rangappa said Trump hasn't publicly attacked the former publisher because Pecker has "leverage" over Trump.

Throughout hours of testimony in Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial, David Pecker, former National Enquirer publisher, described a strategy ahead of the 2016 presidential election to buy stories and kill them to protect the former president.

Former National Enquirer Publisher David Pecker took the stand during former President Donald Trump's hush money trial in New York on Tuesday. Pecker was pressed on negative stories the outlet wrote on the former president's. negative stories. A story linking Ted Cruz's father and President John F. Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, was fabricated.

David Pecker testifies Trump was ‘most eligible bachelor’, describes his relationship with National Enquirer at trial. Pecker testified how people came forward to sell stories on him during the ex-president's hush money trial. Trump was "the most eligible bachelor who dated the most beautiful women," he said.

David Pecker lifts lid on how National Enquirer helped Donald Trump. Pecker: You don't become tabloid king of America without knowing a thing or two about women, human nature and powerful men like Trump. He says he knows more about women than he does about powerful men.

District Attorney Alvin Bragg's theory of the Trump case has hovered over the case. The question of what other law or laws Bragg would cite to prove the charges has been a mystery since Trump's indictment. The district attorney's theory is that he will use a new law or law to prove his case.

Trump hush money witness David Pecker testified about efforts made to shut down stories that would be "embarrassing" to his 2016 presidential campaign. Pecker said he was frantic to kill stories that could be embarrassing to Trump's 2016 campaign. Trump's lawyer says he is not guilty of any wrongdoing.

National Enquirer boss David Pecker detailed how he pledged to 'catch and kill' bad stories about Trump in the 2016 election campaign. Pecker says Trump offered a DNA test to prove he had a connection with the president. National Enquirer boss Pecker says he had pledged to kill bad stories in the campaign.

David Pecker is the longtime chief executive of AMI, which owns the National Enquirer. AMI has a long history with the ex-president, including the former President Barack Obama. Pecker has been a key witness in Trump's criminal hush-money trial.

David Pecker: Michael Cohen used to ask tabloid to run negative articles on Trump's political opponents. “He would send me information about Ted Cruz or about Ben Carson or Marco Rubio, and that was the basis of our story, and then we would embellish it a little,” Pecker said.

Media expert Brian Stelter reacts to David Pecker’s testimony about Trump. Pecker testified about aiding the former president in suppressing negative stories throughout the 2016 campaign. Media expert calls the testimony ‘a profound betrayal’ and ‘profound betrayal”