Why in the hell does Trump attach himself to pond scum like Cohen and Pecker? National enquirer? Surely he has better sense than this? What is wrong with him?
I now believe, that there is no crime - the point of the Bragg & State of New York vs. Donald Trump, “criminal trial,” is to create a foundation for “Donald Trump’s intent to criminally influence a national election.”
That, to be used repeatedly in the public eye, in addition to the federal case re the “classified documents” that President Trump kept at his home in Florida.
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About David Pecker
David Pecker was lured away from his high-paying management job at Hachette Filipacchi in Europe, where he arranged for badly needed operating capital for JFK, Jr.’s *George* magazine.
JFK, Jr. was trying to build *George* as a going concern, in order to establish that he had more capability other than “just being a Kennedy.” JFK, Jr. was going to run for the U.S. Senate seat that Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) would leave (and Moynihan supported JFK, Jr. in that ambition).
Along came Hillary Clinton, seeking to evade prosecution when Bill Clinton would leave the White House, and Hillary decided that she wanted the Senate seat. (I remember watching her swear in to the Senate office, swearing that this “was not for purposes of evasion.”)
Friends of the Clinton camp - former Clinton Administration Deputy Secretary Treasurer Roger Altman, and Austin Beutner - were holding forth at Evercore Partners in New York City (along with other big money Democrat powers).
Evercore Partners hatched a plan to establish American Media, Inc. plus David Pecker, as a package that would appeal to David Pecker.
Thereby, removing David Pecker from control over some portion of Hachette Filipacchi flow of capital that was keeping JFK, Jr.’s *George* Magazine afloat.
Suddenly, JFK, Jr. had to scramble to try and find operating capital, and in the stress of the moment, his wife returned to using drugs.
A promising offer of cash from a Canadian investor (IIRC), fell through. That was followed by increasing strain in JFK, Jr.’s marriage.
Then came JFK, Jr.’s attempt to get his wife, and himself, away from all that mess for a moment . . . and the last airplane flight, too late in the evening, over Long Island Sound.
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Some David Pecker history:
https://variety.com/1999/biz/news/pecker-nabs-tab-1117491356/
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Evercore Partners:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evercore
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