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 Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesAs the first week of testimony in Donald Trump's criminal trial wrapped up Friday, former tabloid king David Pecker was on the defensive.
Trump defense attorney Emil Bove already faced a tongue-lashing on Thursday from the judge—New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan—over the way Bove was "misleading" the jury as he cross-examined Pecker about the hush-money payments that went to Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election.
But Bove picked up right where he left off on Friday, asking Pecker detailed questions about specific aspects of Pecker's previous testimony, looking for any inconsistencies in the publishing magnate's recollections to plant a seed of reasonable doubt in jurors' minds.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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