Eisen: ‘David Pecker, a Surprise First Witness Turned Out to Be a Star Witness’ in Trump’s Hush-Money Trial

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EISEN: “Wolf, I think it’s been very effective. David Pecker, a surprise first witness, turned out to be a star witness. And he moved us through the entire narrative that prosecutors are trying to tell here. Not a hush money case, but a case of campaign finance and election violations, corporate and personal contributions over the limit, being used to influence the 2016 election. And Pecker took us through that narrative, starting with the August 2015 meeting at Trump Tower, where prosecutors say, and now they have evidence to back it up, Trump’s intent to influence the election was formed. And then he took us all the way to the brink of the Stormy Daniels story, said he wanted no part of it, setting up witnesses like Gary Farro, the banker, for that fifth and final act of the drama. I thought it was very effective, and I thought the cross-examination didn’t really rough him up. There were some mistakes in the defense cross-examination.”