A story linking Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) father and President John F. Kennedy’s assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, was fabricated, former National Enquirer Publisher David Pecker revealed on Tuesday.
Taking the stand during former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York, Pecker was pressed on negative stories the outlet wrote on the former president’s rivals during the 2016 Republican primary. Pecker admitted that one of the most infamous, alleging a connection between Cruz’s father and Lee Harvey Oswald, was completely fabricated.
Witness David Pecker, far right, talks on the witness stand while Donald Trump, far left, looks on as assistant district attorney Joshua Steingless asks questions with Judge Juan Merchan presiding in Manhattan criminal court Monday, April 22, 2024, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
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