The judge clarifies next week's schedule to the jury: "Next Monday, we are not meeting at all." "Tuesday, we will be working all day."
Ex-AMI chief David Packer is back on the stand, and his testimony continues.
Q: Are you personally family with Donald J. Trump? A: Yes. Q: How long have you known him? Since the late-'80s, he replies.
Asked to identify Trump in the courtroom, Pecker does.
Pecker: "I have had a great relationship with Mr. Trump over the years." He recounts his longtime business relationship, starting with an idea for a magazine called Trump Style.
Q: So you did in fact launch Trump Style magazine? A: Yes.
Pecker says Trump congratulated him on the purchase of the National Enquirer. "Congratulations, you bought a great magazine." Testimony turns to The Apprentice.
Pecker says Trump was always "kind enough" to send information about the show and its ratings to him. "It was a great, mutually beneficial relationship," Pecker reflects.
Pecker: The audience of the National Enquirer and other celebrity magazines followed the show "religiously." Mr. Trump was always "kind enough" to give him the information "first."
Pecker says he considered Trump a friend. "I would call him Donald."
Asked how often he saw Trump, Pecker responds "maybe once a month, or once or twice a quarter," until 2015. Then, once Trump announced his run for the presidency, Pecker says: "I saw Mr. Trump more frequently, maybe once a month."
They'd also speak by phone once every few weeks, Pecker says.