NEW YORK — The Manhattan grand jury hearing evidence on Donald Trump’s “hush money” payment to porn star Stormy Daniels returned to court Monday for more witness testimony as anticipation continued to build over a possible indictment against the former president.
The grand jury, which usually starts hearing evidence at 2 p.m., was in the building by 1 p.m., a law enforcement source told the New York Daily News. A few hours later, former National Enquirer Publisher David Pecker was spotted leaving the downtown office in a car via a back exit.
The former president and CEO of American Media Inc., the supermarket tabloid’s parent company, is a central player in the hush money scheme. The deal with Daniels was born out of her approaching the Enquirer with her story in October 2016, according to Michael Cohen’s 2018 federal case.
