Donald Trump used news from the National Enquirer magazine to his advantage in his presidential campaign in 2016. The former publisher of the magazine, David Pecker, admitted that the magazine fabricated the news.
Donald Trump is again running for the presidency of the United States. EPA/AOP
The former publisher of the US National Enquirer magazine, David Pecker, admitted on Tuesday at Donald Trump’s trial that the magazine completely fabricated a news story published in 2016, which Trump used at the time in his presidential campaign. NBC News reported on the matter.
In 2016, Trump competed for the Republican presidential nomination as a Texas senator Ted Cruz’s with. According to the fake news, Cruz’s father was photographed with Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963, just before Oswald assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
In addition, the story published a picture of Cruz Rafael-father shared with Oswald the leader of Cuba Fidel Castro supportive flyers. According to Pecker, the picture was fake. He said that they merged two different images together.
Trump referenced the news several times while campaigning in 2016.
NBC tried to ask Cruz for comment on the subject, but he said he’s not interested in going back to “ancient history.”
Ted Cruz photographed in 2018. LARRY W. SMITH
In addition, Pecker acknowledged that the National Enquirer published other stories that focused on negatively branding Trump’s Republican opponents. According to Pecker, Trump’s personal assistant was behind the stories Michael Cohen. He also hinted that Trump himself was directly involved in the designs.
– When the magazine published negative stories about Bill and Hillary Clinton, Trump was satisfied, Pecker said according to CNN.
Former US President Donald Trump is accused of accounting crimes in the ongoing trial.
David Pecker revealed that the National Enquirer fabricated the news. Pecker photographed in 2014. AOP
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