Former tabloid executive David Pecker's testimony is an important part of the hush money trial because he says he witnessed Donald Trump signing invoices and checks, CNN senior legal analyst Elie Hong said.
"David Pecker said, 'I saw, with my own eyes, Donald Trump's assistant would bring him invoices and checks, he would look at them and sign them,'" Honig noted, adding that one of the key questions of this hush money case is the falsification of business records.
"Did Donald Trump know that the payment system was set up in this way? Know that it was structured as 'legal fees' or did he do what some CEO's do" and just sign whatever his assistant brought to him," Honig said.
The prosecution is also showing that Pecker was close to the former president, CNN's Phil Mattingly explained.
“They are using David Pecker as the vehicle into painting the picture of Trump’s world. A world in which Michael Cohen was the point of contact for David Pecker, who was very close to the former president,” Mattingly said.