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A former tabloid publisher testified on Tuesday in Donald Trump's hush-money trial that he promised to be the eyes and ears" of the 2016 presidential campaign, helped to suppress harmful stories and even arranged to purchase the silence of a doorman.
David Pecker, the ex-president's longtime ally and ex-publisher of the National Enquirer - who prosecutors contend was integral in illicit, so-called catch-and-kill efforts to prevent negative stories about Trump from going public - was on the stand again as a prosecution witness after a brief appearance on Monday following opening statements.
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