Who Is David Pecker? Ex-National Enquirer Publisher Admits ‘Catch And Kill’ Scheme On Trump’s Behalf At Hush Money Trial

Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testified to jurors in Trump’s Manhattan hush money trial this week about how he worked with Trump and his associates to manipulate coverage on Trump’s behalf—admitting Thursday he stifled affair allegations against Trump as part of an informal agreement with his friend in the lead-up to the 2016 election.

Pecker served from 1999 to 2020 as CEO of National Enquirer parent company American Media Inc., now A360 Media.

Pecker promised Trump after he launched his first presidential bid in 2015 he would act as a goalkeeper for potentially negative stories about him, publish others about Trump’s rivals, and ultimately orchestrate a series of “catch and kill” schemes to silence damning allegations against Trump, he admitted to jurors over three days of testimony.