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I’m David Pecker and these past days have been some of the most consequential in my public life. Front and center, I found myself once again in the Manhattan courthouse as the first and possibly most pivotal witness in former President Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial. My testimony has been making daily headlines—my name is almost impossible to miss lately, whether in The Nation, Mother Jones, or on CBS News.

The courtroom drama unfolded as I detailed, under oath, the close and sometimes clandestine relationship between myself, my company American Media, and Donald Trump. The prosecutors pressed me hard about the so-called ‘catch and kill’ strategy—a tabloid practice of purchasing exclusive rights to damaging stories only to bury them. I confirmed to the jurors that at the very start of Trump’s 2016 campaign, I’d offered to be the campaign’s “eyes and ears,” flagging any potentially harmful stories about him, and—where necessary—engineering their disappearance. The National Enquirer paid $30,000 to suppress a doorman’s claim about Trump, and I personally authorized $150,000 to keep former Playboy model Karen McDougal quiet. These were, as I explained on the stand, the only times I ever coordinated such payments with a political campaign, and I acknowledged that I understood this could be illegal coordination meant to sway the election according to my testimony reported by The Nation and CBS News.

Under cross-examination from Trump’s lawyers, my recollections and motives were challenged. They suggested that my efforts were to protect Trump’s personal reputation and family—not his campaign. They even pointed to inconsistencies between what I had previously told federal prosecutors and what I was asserting before these jurors right now. But I maintained my account. When asked if Trump had ever thanked me for this work, I stuck with my testimony despite defense attempts to impeach my credibility.

I also revealed how my editorial team, at Trump’s behest, would generate negative stories targeting his opponents—sometimes with Michael Cohen’s direct involvement in reviewing and embellishing drafts before publishing. The now-infamous story linking Ted Cruz’s father to Lee Harvey Oswald was one such product of this machine.

Business-wise, my days as publisher of the Enquirer ended back in 2020, and no new business ventures or appearances have been rumored or reported—my recent activities have revolved entirely around this legal spectacle. I haven’t made any public statements on social media, and my appearances have all been in court or described in major news outlets. No verified reports of unrelated business deals or charity moves have surfaced.

What makes these past few days truly significant for my biography is that my testimony is being scrutinized at the highest level in the first-ever criminal trial of a U.S. president. Whether history sees me as a loyal friend or a key witness to a watershed political scandal, the story is being written in real time.

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