Explosive: National Enquirer insider speaks out after David Pecker admits plot to ‘help’ Trump

Ex-National Enquirer publisher David Pecker detailed the plot to “help” the Trump campaign during his bombshell testimony in Donald Trump’s criminal trial. Former SDNY attorney Maya Wiley and Lachlan Cartwright, former Executive Editor with American Media Inc, join MSNBC’s Katie Phang.(Check out The Beat's playlist: msnbc.com/ari Connect with Ari Melber: / arimelber )
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[@mjeffn2]

They were doing this at the National Inquirer. Imagine what they were doing with Fox News.

[@dennisharrell2236]

This is the same thing Fox does, making up lies about Trump's opponents while whitewashing Trump's crimes.

[@Pulse2AM]

They're still doing it with Watters, I think that's his name. Trump altered his comments put it on Truth social and Watters used Trump's word's to embelliesh his own words. It's a loop between FOX and Trump.

[@badnoodlez]

imagine? we've already seen it

[@adrianpena677]

Why do you think Fox got sued & seems like they're at it again!

[@racookster]

Imagine what they were doing with 4chan. That's an angle that hasn't been touched on, and it probably never will be.

[@craig7350]

I can't wait for the day we never have to listen to Trump again,.

[@Just-Human]

Someday nobody will get to listen to you as well.

[@winstonsmith6607]

MSDNC would go bankrupt

[@Just-Human]

Joe lied again about cannibals eating his uncle.

[@ColoRADbro420]

maybe in the afterlife

[@michaelabdoney9378]

I feel the same as you. I want the headlines of all Trump dramas go away.

[@shawnm8232]

So the guy crying about fake news constantly was manufacturing fake news.

[@DavidBennell]

Are you surprised? It's always the way. He was doing it so of course in his mind everyone else was doing it too.

[@EmmaSmith-nn1ui]

Everything Trump says is confession and projection. He does what he accuses others of doing.

[@ileanageorge9185]

Lol😂

[@niclewis9610]

The day we no longer have to listen to the malignant narcissist endlessly spewing his grievances should be a National holiday.

[@drgta6]

I'm a Republican and will never vote for tRump.

[@ml989]

Thank you! I'm neither but can't believe that a lot of Republicans believe his lies blindly and support him, and call themselves patriotic.

[@Noneofyourb908]

Proud 👌

[@ThisHorrorFilmDoesNotExist]

It's a misconception that democrats hate Republicans. We don't. We just hate the ones without a conscience. You're exempt. We good.

[@rolturn]

Who would have guessed the guy who popularized the term "That's fake news!", would be an author of most of the actual fake news.

[@gregoryo8105]

I AM SICK OF TRUMP !!!

[@josephjones825]

Too bad leftist 😂

[@DissaffectedLiberal]

Stop watching channels that obsess over him.

[@andreaatkins8420]

THE WHOLE WORLD IS HONESTLY. HE IS A DEMON SET UPON HUMANITY.

[@donaldpump8882]

I want this to last forever. It's fun watching Trump supporters cry lol

[@Gary-xm1gy]

​@@josephjones825your laughing now but wait until the end of trump's trial you won't be laughing then

[@Gary-xm1gy]

Sane patriotic Americans are beyond fed up with Donald Trump's garbage lies. Lock him up

[@harold9394]

Sane and patriotic are polar opposites of Trump supporters.

[@NoYouTubeCensoring]

The Father, Son and Holy Spirit have already cursed your futile efforts Trump haters. Your satanically inspired lies against President Trump cannot ever work, but you'll just have to find that out for yourselves. "Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot WHAT IS VAIN?"

[@kenc7120]

Where are they? 🤣

[@50lbhead30]

And the richest of us are dead set on shoving him down our throats anyway.

[@commonsense3632]

Really thern maybe they should feed him to the same cannibals that ate Joe Bidens uncle!!!

[@T.Z.M4N]

Maybe after proven guilty,many of his supporters will finally figure out that they have been conned too.

[@josephjones825]

😂 Keep dreaming, leftist totalitarian

[@donaldpump8882]

No, they already know they've been conned. They just pretend like Trump is innocent because they don't want to admit they got conned by an orange racoon.

[@Cmunic8]

@@josephjones825mmm yummy trump tears

[@rgtunderworldrgt7773]

Sadly No. Most are too stupid to believe any Truth. Just too far gone and too committed to all the Lies. The other half of the cult simply Don't care. They don't care that's Trump cheated on Allll 3 wives multiple times with multiple women They don't care he's a civilly convicted $APIST, Or about any of the other things they Know he's done and said. They Don't care. They Love him because he legitimized their racism and hate for modern America and supports anyone helping to lead to the overthrowing of the country, Democracy.

[@derekbrandell8520]

Their arrogance will never allow it. They will just blame everything else.

[@derrickjustice8891]

trump is NOT fit to even be called an “American.”

[@BehindThe8]

funny. your communist leaders loved him until he decided to save America from them...

[@bonzrh68]

Yeah, It is an insult of the word American itself, let alone the American people!

[@donkeykong758]

💯

[@lj8742]

As an Australian, I totally agree!!

[@martinhumble]

Well. In Europe we saw you invade Afghanistan, destroy Chile, bomb Hanoi. Then Nixon, Reagan, Bush 2. And we see your insane healthcare system, idiotic education system, and free AK4 to babies. So, I see Trump as an American and as a syndrome

[@normancarter5419]

Katie Phang is such a good, straight forward journalist.

[@marcodelarosa601]

…..and cute.!☺️🤭

[@livewiredchun]

@@marcodelarosa601 yup, smart & cute aand can you believe she's from floriduh! grate lawyer btw

[@spike238]

When Trump speaks badly about those around him , you know he's actually speaking about himself ,

[@rcanzlovar]

Someone pointed out, and i've been watching... he starts playing accordian when the lies get thick.

[@Naejbert]

Exactly. I believe his strategy is to first call wrongdoing before he is called of doing it.

[@Laysquire]

It's called projection and confession.

[@ehole593]

Cruz deserted Texans.

[@Richard-od7yd]

Canadian Cancun Cruz 😂

[@joerogain5025]

''Do you think my daughter is hot? She's hot, right?'' Donald tRUMP

[@bojax67]

Not to mention when he called Ted Cruz wife UGLY and Cruz did nothing!!

[@oldrrocr]

at what point does the DOJ bring charges against Teddy for his part in the insurrection?

[@fishyfool]

@@bojax67 He castrated him right then and there in public. I don't see how cruz has a job or a wife.

[@heathw4739]

Trump never has nor never will have my vote.

[@FatLu-zu2fb]

Sorry to hear that.

[@samjames2949]

National Inquirer is like sourcing the New York Post. They have always been trash news

[@ghostmantagshome-er6pb]

MSNBC POOP BOT

[@cwhipp9805]

Do your food stamps come on the 13th or the 23rd?

[@petermontoya1796]

Who actually voted for this mess ?? That is the real problem.

[@mikescoviw1152]

Looking forward to the day Trump is gone for good. Vote blue ❤.

[@miguelpaul1164]

Lock it up!!! LOCK UP THE ORANGE NARCISSIST!!!!!

[@Just-Human]

Do you sniff kids like your president?

[@kenc7120]

Hello from America. How is the weather on your side of the planet?

[@wanderingseth]

@@kenc7120 are you a Russian bot?

[@barringtonedwards7008]

​@@kenc7120STUPID MORTALS

[@LivingtheDream67]

narcisism is a crime now ohhhh

[@rezadaneshi]

Jail him already. 30,000 lies aired 91 more times is now beyond my mental health capacity.

[@timothykozlowski2945]

Joe Biden has lied way more than that.

[@kenc7120]

Seek help, immediately.

[@joeycrooker1282]

TDS is not much different than rabies...

[@heidinewcombe696]

@@joeycrooker1282 How's that Hilary brain infestation going?

[@readmelancholystrumpetmaster]

He will never sleep a single night in jail. Give it up. And no, I don't support the man. I despise him.

[@johnmccormick175]

How in the world could anyone vote for Trump ?...frightening!

[@markrichardson6381]

Yeah, America at its worse

[@SFW1964]

Those freaking hands - enough!!! I am so sick of looking at him and his acordian hands. I long for the day when I never have to see or hear him again.

[@linnetcooke5967]

Let him try playing his air accordion with a pair of handcuffs on!

[@greenbrain8725]

America, please don’t lower yourself into sleaze. Don’t normalize this.

[@linnetcooke5967]

Too late - the King of sleaze (trump) has already normalised it

[@stevendaleschmitt]

He commits crimes in plain sight, televised, and walks away. He boasted about doing it and walking away. He's been walking for fifty years. He's walking right now. He's never paid a penalty that affected his life or behavior. He violated the gag, tainted the jury and now the jurors are walking too. The U.S. justice system is a mockery of justice.

[@josephjones825]

Cope, Marxist!

[@stevespringer122]

This is the first trial he's ever had with a consequence other than costing other people's money. He might not get time for this one, but he still has three to go. His luck is likely to run out, if he doesn't get elected.

[@BehindThe8]

ever heard of facts and reality ? thought so

[@kenc7120]

Your tears are hilarious. Can I have more please?

[@hewitc]

He's a sleazy crook like most of his admirers.

[@suehowie152]

Anybody following this trial will not be able to fail to see how dirty Trump is..🤢

[@maryburch346]

Everything is catching up to Trump!!! Love it... it's like Christmas !!!

[@Kelbel30]

🤭🤭

[@Phoenix-in-flight]

This a glorious onion of corruption being exposed layer by layer. 😂❤

[@boredymcboredface8624]

Why does the national enquirer even exist!!!?

[@walkingstick6655]

Because at least 1/3 of the American public could be diagnosed as borderline imbeciles, that's why things like the National Enquirer exists. And not all of them are Republicans.

[@kensolar69]

Some people just have to have the inside details from the woman who had Bigfoot's Baby.

[@PATBATify]

So we know where Elvis was last spotted

[@glennmcgee1729]

I've been asking since the 1970s who reads this crap?

[@firstgopinbredhillbilliesl6100]

maga read it in the out house.

[@ttcc5273]

Never Trump Republicans are calling Trump “The Shartful Codger” 😂

[@karenbachar5253]

Should be "The Fartfull Codger"...

[@jonathanboam5409]

He's the President of Snore and Odor

[@julesbower762]

ALL GOP are guilty... No one who still calls themselves GOP or Republican are guilty for his being allowed. Stop trying to save them. They are all traitors, just for the claim to be.

[@CalebTrask]

That's a good one. Illiterate Trump probably never read Oliver Twist, so the reference would be lost on him.

[@wildbill3627]

🤣🤣🤣​@@karenbachar5253

[@jesusavila452]

All this time HE WAS MAKING UP FAKE NEWS! From the beginning. LOCK HIM UP!

[@cwhipp9805]

Well it wasn't himself making it up. But if it was...that's not illegal😂😂

[@CalebTrask]

Mark Cuban should take out a full-page ad in the NYT, insisting Trump get the maximum penalty.

[@TheHomelessDreamer]

You know... We can crowdfund something like that these days, no need for Billionaires.

[@CalebTrask]

@@TheHomelessDreamer It sounds like you're just the person to get that rolling. I'd gladly chip in!

[@carmonfarrell8920]

Did trump ever, ever do anything legally? Anything at all ??

[@Naejbert]

To fart.

[@jeff-onedayatatime.2870]

ATTN History Books: Trump hollers "Fake News" and "Election Interference" while being the Grand Master of it.

[@winstonsmith6607]

The dems virtue signal against election-deniers and then spend over 100M funding them

[@Aristotelezz]

The National Enquirer and Foxnews have a whole lot in common!

[@citizenkent1223]

When I served as Juror in the Queens Country of NYS, I saw every member of the Defendant's family wife and children, brothers and sisters sitting in the court-room in support of the defendant, conversing with the defense attorneys... Who's present in the court-room as a TRUMP family member? Where's Trump's Wife and sons?

[@donnasloane9031]

I still think Scotland should rebuild the coastal area that Trump ruined...and make Trump pay for it....sorry it's off the subject.

[@smiliee9709]

Talking about Fake News! Donald Trump, King of Fake news and alternative Facts! 😢

[@ileanageorge9185]

He’s a narcissist so he projects fake news sleepy, Joe, etc. everything he does

[@77777771955]

What is almost scarier is President Cruz instead of President Trump. And this is the best the GOP had to offer.

[@budman4224]

Cruz would have been a horrible president. But still better than PAB

[@pandemicentitlements5198]

Katie, you are an amazing journalist and interviewer, don't see enough of you! Take'em down Katie!

[@barringtonedwards7008]

WHAT A CLOWN 😂

[@boblister665]

But has the Inquirer ever printed a true story?

[@spacemonkey4010]

Trump’s lawyer is right about a 2 tiered justice system, but he described it wrong.

[@timguillory6339]

It’s the only time trump tells the truth

[@marlabrown8022]

Omg exactly!! That’s what I was thinking!

[@Whatcantheydonow]

Let's get everything right

[@miguelpaul1164]

Diaper Don is losing it!!!!

[@mac888spectral7]

💩😷

[@Just-Human]

Kid sniffer supporter.

[@kenc7120]

Losing what?

[@bellathuy127]

​@@kenc7120stupid question..

[@user-bf2eb5xr9d]

Donald Trump: "Anytime you do something like that, it always comes out." Famous last words.

[@TheFlutecart]

Stinky is miserable. He's short circuiting. Begging for 5 bucks. Filling his diaper. He needs a nap.

[@toddwilliams5905]

Shartsky and Flush. Him and Pecker's new TV Gig.

[@bizygirl1]

Hawking bibles that include the US Constitution on infomercials in the middle of the night competing with Chuck Norris for airtime when it’s the cheapest. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@rebornhome]

If you can't do the time don't do the crime

[@harold9394]

Exactly

[@kenc7120]

What crime?

[@harold9394]

@@kenc7120 like you don’t know, troll. Get a job you bum.

[@kensolar69]

@@kenc7120 You have 91 to pick from, so far, which would you like described ?

[@__Littlewind]

And keep your eyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy- ah-ha-eyyyyye on the sparrow!

[@miguelpaul1164]

THANK YOU MSNBC FOR SPARING ALL OF IS THE APP AD/TUTORIAL!!!!

[@wwk68tig]

LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP!

[@thelyrebird1310]

Has no one ever explained to him that every word he says after Miranda can legitimately be used against him.

[@earleverman2205]

trump lies as easily as most people breathe.

[@Nothingbutlovehere369]

As with all malignant narcissists… If his lips are moving, he’s lying.

[@Lionize728]

Fox is the new National Inquirer.

[@fifiwoof1969]

Thanks Katie ❤.

[@chrisgrill6302]

How telling that that the Orange Stain has such close ties with professional news fabricators. Wipe him off our national shoe.

[@IKRico-jg3ej]

Time for a class action lawsuit against The Enquirer!

[@wirebrushproductions1001]

The anchor is shocked to hear that the National Enquirer made up stories? "I am shocked! Shocked I say!"

[@pamelaharris8480]

Nice tip of the hat to Casablanca! 😅

[@FoOtFoOt542]

Trump must be going through diapers faster than ever.

[@ColoRADbro420]

he's a big kid now! the diaper song. Diaper Donnie should be their mascot

[@user-xo4tn3gk3p]

Not a Netflix Movie but an extensive Netflix DocuSeries. There's so much to learn @ Trump & life in Trump Land since the mid 80's.

[@ga6589]

DJT supporters get their news from the National Enquirer. I'm shocked, I tell you.

[@Pulse2AM]

Better late than never. Lock him up!

[@EducatingDims247]

If you are going to the National Enquirer for information, you must be really desperate. 😆😆🤦‍♀🤦‍♀

[@mosshark]

Truman: The buck stops here. Trump: The buck stops at 'The Enquirer'.

[@barringtonedwards7008]

STUPID MORTAL

[@lp4743]

vote blue. Never trump again.

[@xiomaraortiz4044]

If USA re-elect Trump it will be the dumbest move of a lifetime🙄

[@wanderingseth]

Does this expose Trump to lawsuits from Cruz?

[@discreetanonymus2723]

A lot of people just want to be entertained, not educated. They are not interested in truth, they don't care if it is fake news. And entertainment sells better than the truth. It's called business.

[@kelbatt7729]

When your education is poor, you are unable to discern the difference between the three. Truth, Lies, or Entertainment What is easily dismissed as obviously fake or pure entertainment by the educated , is believed to be true by those that aren't -that is the current problem

[@KeesHessels]

i wonder if Cruz can sue Trump, he wont have the balls for that, but he will be wondering for sure...

[@RebeccaMooreFrey]

OUTSTANDING NEWS, FRANKLY! JUSTICE IS BEING SERVED ON A SILVER PLATTER!

[@flyingartgirls1]

Fakes. Shock are what sells the Natl Inquirer magazine. Does anyone NOT KNOW THAT? It's a joke like mad magazine, right?

[@mslaerik66]

i knew national enquirer was a joke parody when i was a kid

[@ericjackson6041]

Mr Law and Odor.

[@ats9976]

They both should be in jail They can destroy somebody’s life by telling those lies.

[@stefonfrench5915]

I am beyond tired of this man. Please lock him up and throw away the key. Enough!

[@ChrisSmith-kw4gn]

He had everything to do with it.

[@David.R.H]

The Fart of The Deal

[@devak45167]

Wow, just seeing His Grossness then and now, man. He looks so tired and just haunted now.

[@bt.c.1829]

Great interview!👍💪

[@user-do9cg9ne5f]

He and Bubba will be able to develop a close relationship at Rikers Island.

[@harold9394]

Not smelling like he smells.

[@wearethedivineoneearth]

To make him feel at home Bubba insists on being called "Special Master." 😅

[@jakebe4915]

The parody Dictator is being parodied in ways he never imagined!!

[@gohboon7525]

So straight forward case & yet NO RULING on the breaking the gag order. LOCK HIM UP.

[@DystopianUtopia8]

Never happen, billionaires only lock up rich people who steal from other rich people.

[@alswedgin9274]

Just like 'Narcos', there needs to be a series on trump, how he corrupts people and has no scruples..

[@gmt5664]

"checkbook journalism" explains why 45 keeps talking about no source or source bias. He'd been involved.

[@Naejbert]

The making of lies with Donald J.J. Trump, Fox News and other liars of GOP… Would be a great movie. Donald Jim Jones Trump

[@fishyfool]

Gitmo Don 😄 He can have his own tropical prison.

[@drakemia4079]

There is a rotten orange in the boxes .

[@blackcatgege]

Ask the Wall Street

[@michaelwells7348]

~ I Always thought there was something Fishy about Ted Cruz....

[@gbereterbide6440]

If I, as a private citizen, had committed ONE of Trump's "alleged" crimes (he did them), I would be in prison. Stop treating him like a kindergartner who is "just learning". LOCK HIM UP!

[@jeff-onedayatatime.2870]

Dino the Doorman now enters the National Zeitgeist.

[@checkeredflagfilms]

isn't buying ad time a form of check book journalism

[@wadestclair249]

Trump is the epitomy of tabloid news 😆🤣😂

[@valeriemahnic825]

The wheels go round and round and under the bus you go..

[@francruz5824]

Remember when Trump kept saying “fake news”.? Projecting behavior, he does it and blames it on others.

[@Emmanuel7lion]

Exactly

[@pamelaharris8480]

He does it constantly!

[@warrenwalker8170]

wow no app add

[@miguelpaul1164]

Thank the gods!!!! So sick of VELSHI tutorial I got the pause button ready to go!

[@ianmcgrath4170]

@@miguelpaul1164 Ditto

[@markmierzejewski9534]

These betas come here to cry about Velshi while simping for Trump.

[@warrenwalker8170]

@@markmierzejewski9534 speak English

[@lorettanericcio-bohlman567]

When do we receive our PhD’s in malignant narcissism

[@pamelaharris8480]

Truer words were never spoken! We have all learned more about that personality disorder than we EVER wanted to!

[@JJ-vl4sl]

How one can sit there and laugh and smile as if this was trivial...

[@MSNBCult]

Imagine having one man living in your head nonstop 24/7 rent free for 9+ years, just because he hurt and continues to hurt your feelings with words, lol, couldn't be me. 😆

[@chuckjohnson2564]

When will Mexico pay for the wall ?

[@zenobiaookpik]

Imagine being Melania, Trump hurt her feelings by cheating on her, no wonder she is MIA. 😆😆😆

[@garybarrett4881]

Political horror/comedy/farce. Sam Rami should direct the movie.

[@sashakasprzyk5683]

John Barron, John Miller and David Dennison have no comment.

[@RWildekrav66]

They know he’s guilty

[@avanzoer]

But how can we be shocked at " how common and okay" it is to put false stories up? This is the national enquirer. They have done this for over 30 years

[@user-xt5pw2nj1l]

Such a waste of taxpayer money.

[@Toekneepowers]

Happy Tuesday funday fact. The president has unilateral and complete authority to declassify material.

[@msbperkie]

And take it home and keep it forever! That's why we start completely over every 4 years!!😅

[@Toekneepowers]

@@msbperkieHuh?

[@booga106]

Categorically untrue, it depends on the type of materials but either way, a formal procedure is required so governmental agencies know with certainty what has been declassified, the president can't just think it.

[@Toekneepowers]

@@booga106 Want the source?

[@booga106]

@@Toekneepowers Sure

[@michaeljones9674]

Never hearing his voice seeing his face would be better than winning lotto

[@AAlictg]

what's in the dark will always come to light in the end.

[@alexc5449]

Throw him in prison. We’ve had enough.