Buy Stormy Daniels’ story or ‘boss’ will be mad, Trump trial hears

Summary

1. Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal trial in New York continues with tabloid magazine publisher David Pecker’s testimony
2. Pecker has told the court that potentially damaging stories about Trump were bought and buried before the 2016 election as an “agreement between friends”
3. He says he learned of Stormy Daniels after a “catch-and-kill” scheme was used to bury the story of an affair with Playboy model Karen McDougal
4. Judge Juan Merchan also could rule whether Trump violated a gag order which was imposed to stop verbal attacks on witnesses and court staff
5. Trump has said he is defending himself from political attacks, while the prosecution wants $10,000 in fines for his social media posts
6. Trump is accused of trying to cover up a $130,000 (£104,500) payment to porn star Stormy Daniels before he won the presidency in 2016
7. He has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records and also denies having any sexual encounter with Daniels or McDougal