'Sleazy tale' of Trump relationship with key witness should sink his 2024 chances: op-ed
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Donald Trump's penchant for spreading fake news is a specialty of his that goes back decades, as revealed in testimony during his New York hush money criminal trial. During court proceedings this Thursday, Trump had to face witness and longtime associate David Pecker, who was once the publisher of the National Enquirer. Salon's Heather Digby Parton writes that the "sleazy tale of the arrangement Trump made with Pecker and his relationship with this extortionist gossip monger alone should be...

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