**BREAKING** AP National Enquirer's Pecker Hid Trump's Secrets In A Special Safe

[DemocratSinceBirth]

NEW YORK (AP) — The National Enquirer kept a safe containing documents on hush money payments and other damaging stories it killed as part of its cozy relationship with Donald Trump leading up to the 2016 presidential election, people familiar with the arrangement told The Associated Press.

The detail came as several media outlets reported on Thursday that federal prosecutors had granted immunity to National Enquirer chief David Pecker, potentially laying bare his efforts to protect his longtime friend Trump.

Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty this week to campaign finance violations alleging he, Trump and the tabloid were involved in buying the silence of a porn actress and a Playboy model who alleged affairs with Trump.

Several people familiar with the National Enquirer’s parent company, American Media Inc., who spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because they signed non-disclosure agreements, said the safe was a great source of power for Pecker, the company’s CEO.

The Trump records were stored alongside similar documents pertaining to other celebrities’ catch-and-kill deals, in which exclusive rights to people’s stories were bought with no intention of publishing to keep them out of the news. By keeping celebrities’ embarrassing secrets, the company was able to ingratiate itself with them and ask for favors in return.

https://apnews.com/143be3c52d4746af8546ca6772754407

[Gothmog]

1. The National Enquirer kept a safe containing documents on hush money payments

Link to tweet

[manor321]

2. Ha! Let's see the contents!

[Fred Sanders]

10. Not to worry, Mueller has it all!

[LonePirate]

33. There is nothing in the article to suggest Mueller has those documents. DU is jumping the gun here.

Pecker's immunity is not necessarily tied to him turning over the documents as his knowledge and testimony would be sufficient.

[reACTIONary]

39. Testimony and evudence are two separate issues...

.... there us no need to grant immunity in order to subpoena documentary evudence. Documents can't testify against themselves!

Immunity overcomes fifth amendment rights, fourth amendment rights only require reasonableness .

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

3. Subpoena duces tecum?

[spanone]

4. Ooh La La....K&R...

[malaise]

9. What a La La!

Looks like everyone keeps secrets in this MOB except the dumb King Con!

[Fred Sanders]

15. Flipper! How dare prosecutors rely on flippers...the insanity is off the scale.

[malaise]

17. He's stark raving mad

Of that I'm sure

[Fred Sanders]

28. Mob bosses lose sleep every night over flippers...Tony had to send one down with the fishes...and

another offed in the forest...anyone on the side of Shitler on this is pro-mobster.

[dchill]

27. Flipping Presidential Elections ought to be illegal...

Oh, wait, it IS!

[DallasNE]

41. The Law and Order President

Just threw law and order under The bus. Indeed, the under side of that bus is getting awfully crowded.

[Achilleaze]

5. Pecker's KGOPee Perps

No end to the scuzz of republican "values"

[Gothmog]

6. From the Hoarse Whisperer

Link to tweet

[Bernardo de La Paz]

35. Pecker's rag gave tRump free negative advertising, essentially. Unreported campaign contribution. nt

[malaise]

7. Get thee to the greatest page

NOW!
What a gang!

[Initech]

8. At this point, I am not at all concerned about what Putin may have on him.

Fuck that, let's open the National Enquirer's vault and see what *THEY* have on him! I bet it's far more damaging!

[JennyMominFL]

12. geraldo?

i wonder if Geraldo Rivera is free?

[montana_hazeleyes]

20. Hee Hee!

This time the vault won't be empty!

[uponit7771]

25. +1

[0rganism]

11. so he's like a black hole for information

i always figured people who read the Enquirer regularly were super-dense, now i see a possible explanation...

[Fred Sanders]

13. My only surprise is the documents were not kept high up in the Dark Tower in Pecker's media Mordor.

Also, why they were not destroyed...for blackmail later on no doubt.

Did Shitler think they were destroyed...and Pecker lied about that??

[0rganism]

34. The Pecker Tower of Media Mordor: Barad Pecker

[sunonmars]

14. So the NE was basically able to blackmail the shit out of the President

[honest.abe]

16. Fantastic!

This is getting better and better!

[wishstar]

18. This is lead story on ABC Evening news tonight

next story was about Trump/Sessions feud

[SHRED]

19. A rigged election

[RockRaven]

21. How many other Repukes and FOXNews people have caught-n-killed stories in that safe?

One thing is certain, the number is not zero.

[Simeon Salus]

22. I misread the headline as "National Enquirer's Secrets Hid Trump's Pecker in a Special Safe"

Which may actually mean the same thing...

Is this too common a pun the last few days?

[Claritie Pixie]

23. Bwaaahahaaaa! The freight train of karma is picking up speed

[progressoid]

24. "ingratiate itself with them and ask for favors in return. "

I think that's called blackmail.

[marylandblue]

30. Yes it is, and it appears Trump welched on the deal

There actually is a bit of honor among thieves, but Trump can't even muster that little bit.

[Jake Stern]

26. There is literally no way to write a headline with his name that doesn't seem smutty.

[lunasun]

29. Maybe he was hoping to blackmail trump but realized the cheap asshole would never pay out

it get any real worthy favors from him

[Freethinker65]

31. Aiding and abetting the well to do.

How anyone in their right mind can think Trump understands the "average" American is beyond my comprehension.

[Mr. Ected]

32. It's actually a shame that Pecker was given immunity

I had hoped he would do some hard time.

[Ilsa]

36. That Pecker is a real dick. nt

[cstanleytech]

37. Does this mean Pecker and his rag will get off entirely scot-free for their actions?

[Grammy23]

38. What other bits of information is contained in that safe?

It said there was information on tRump and other celebrities. So are there other “celebrities” drinking Imodium cocktails tonight waiting for details to come out??

This just gets better and better as it goes on. Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.

[torius]

40. Where's Geraldo?

He knows how to work a vault.
https://tv.avclub.com/when-geraldo-rivera-opened-al-capone-s-vault-he-turned-1798253506

[dhol82]

42. For Pecker to be granted immunity they must have gotten really good compromising info

He must shitting bricks right now.