‘Surreal’: Ex-National Enquirer publisher admits ‘catch-and-kill’ schemes aimed to aid Trump in 2016

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Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker admitted on the witness stand in the Stormy Daniels hush money case that “catch-and-kill” schemes were planned to help Donald Trump in the 2016 election. Lachlan Cartwright, who worked for David Pecker as executive editor at the National Enquirer, and who is now a special correspondent for The Hollywood Reporter, and Susanne Craig, a New York Times investigative reporter, join Joy Reid to discuss.

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