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Tabloid publisher tells Donald Trump hush money trial of deal to kill 'affair' story

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A tabloid publisher has told how he sought to silence a former Playboy model from saying she had an affair with Donald Trump over fear it would hurt his 2016 presidential run.

Testifying at Mr Trump’s criminal hush money trial in New York, former publisher David Pecker said: “I believed the story was true,

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