Former President Trump's legal team faced a last-minute challenge as they learned that David Pecker would be the first witness at 3 p.m. ET on Sunday, according to Trump's attorney Emil Bove. Bove expressed that they would have addressed the records issue earlier if they had known Pecker's position in the witness order.
Providing some context, prosecutors had initially declined to disclose the witness lineup to Trump's team due to concerns about potential social media posts or public attacks. However, on Friday, Joshua Steinglass relented and agreed to notify Trump's team of the first witness shortly before their appearance to prevent any preemptive social media attacks.
