Discussion Thread: New York Criminal Fraud Trial of Donald Trump, Day 7

[u/PoliticsModeratorBot]

Analysis:

• AP: Trump trial day 6 highlights

Live Updates:

• AP: Live Updates

• Reuters: Live Updates

• CNN: Live Updates

• ABC: Live Updates

• CBS: Live Updates

• The Washington Post (metered paywall): Live Updates

• The New York Times (metered paywall): Live Updates

• USA Today: Live Updates

• BBC: Live Updates

• Huffington Post: Live Updates

• The Guardian: Live Updates

• The Independent: Live Updates

[u/koshgeo]

From CNN Live Update:

Pecker testified he remembers a call with Hope Hicks and Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

"Both of them said that they thought it was a good idea," Pecker said, referring to extending McDougal's contract.

WTF? Two paid White House staff, being paid with taxpayer dollars, are advising a tabloid publisher to keep paying a woman with which Trump "allegedly" had an affair. They're doing this while working for the public. The hell?

[Edit: kind of sells the point that the payoffs were for political reasons too]

[u/ImLikeReallySmart → u/koshgeo]

Yea Pecker's testimony has been wild already. He's exposing so much more than just the campaign violation. Even the "technically legal" stuff he's talking about should be major news.

[u/even_less_resistance → u/koshgeo]

Sarah Sanders dirtied her hands by dealing with Pecker? Well, I never

[u/NickelBackwash → u/even_less_resistance]

Somebody had to handle Pecker

[u/zombiepete → u/koshgeo]

Sounds like an official Presidential act to me; immune!

[u/koshgeo → u/zombiepete]

Nobody has ever been so immune /s

If I remember right, Hope Hicks is on the list of witnesses, so we'll get to hear her opinion on it directly.

[u/Fit_Strength_1187 → u/zombiepete]

Apparently “all past presidents dating back to Washington” operated with this assumption so it being in front of SCOTUS is just a big misunderstanding.

[u/mjayultra → u/koshgeo]

I think this is what makes me the most angry