Donald Trump trial LIVE: National Enquirer publisher David Pecker returns to ... trends now By Wills Robinson For Dailymail.com and Daniel Bates In New York For Dailymail.com Published: 12:43 BST, 26 April 2024 | Updated: 13:19 BST, 26 April 2024 20 Viewcomments Advertisement Donald Trump returns to court on Friday for the hush money trial to watch his lawyers cross-examine former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker. The tabloid executive told the court how he negotiated multiple deals to kill stories for celebrities including Mark Wahlberg, Tiger Woods and Arnold Schwarzenegger. The bombshells came on a monumental day in the courts for Trump as his lawyers argued in the Supreme Court that he is immune from prosecution. Follow all the coverage from DailyMail.com's reporters in the New York court. One of the hundreds of construction workers who turned out to support Donald Trump in New York has captured the heart of the nation with his savage takedown of Joe Biden. The unknown worker had been part of the crowds gathered as the former president made a visit to a construction site in Midtown Manhattan on Thursday morning. Crowds of construction workers and supporters lined up through the night as they anxiously waited to catch a glimpse of their beloved former president in what is normally Liberal heartland. He is now being hailed as a hero on social media. 'This is pretty much the sentiment of all blue collar hard working Americans. Really any American for that matter. Well said sir.' Melania Trump's former spokesperson said Hope Hicks and Sarah Huckabee Sanders would check in with her to see how the first lady was 'dealing' with the Karen McDougal affair rumors - but didn't share the details of a 'deal' with the National Enquirer. The revelation came as former National Enquirer CEO David Pecker testified in Donald Trump's case involving hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford. Pecker was speaking about a joint call with Hicks, who served as White House communications director, and Sanders, who was White House press secretary at the time and is now governor of Arkansas, about a 'catch-and-kill' contract given to McDougal. Welcome to DailyMail.com's live coverage of day eight of Donald Trump's hush money trial Donald Trump returns to court on Friday for the hush money trial to watch his lawyers cross-examine former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker. During cross-examination before the court wrapped up for the day, Pecker ran through a series of high-profile arrangements he claimed he came to with celebrities and powerful men. Pecker also claimed he helped bury stories about Mark Wahlberg and his wife having an argument and Rahm Emanuel having an affair after he left the Obama White House. Pecker confirmed that he purchased the rights to photographs of Tiger Woods meeting a woman at a parking lot in Florida as part of another deal. He agreed that they were used as ‘leverage’ to get Woods to appear on the cover of Men’s Fitness magazine. It came out in court that Pecker also gave Trump the heads up about negative stories for years, and Pecker agreed. Among the other high-powered men that Pecker did similar favors for was billionaire Ron Perelman, the owner of cosmetics giant Revlon. Schwarzenegger got $50 million in addition to posts as editor at large of two AMI muscle-building magazines as part of a deal for AMI to buy them, the court heard. Bove said that ‘30 or 40 women came to you and AMI’ when Schwarzenegger declared his candidacy. Pecker agreed. ‘Not that high. Hundreds of thousands of dollars,’ Pecker said. Pecker confirmed that Schwarzenegger did not pay him back. TOP STORIES Share or comment on this article: Donald Trump trial LIVE: National Enquirer publisher David Pecker returns to the stand to be grilled by ex-president's lawyers after detailing hush money deals for multiple celebrities All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility