Bove is now focusing on the Trump Tower meeting in August 2015.
Bove confirms with Pecker that he first told prosecutors the Trump Tower meeting was the first week of August in 2015 — prosecutors corrected Pecker in that meeting telling him Trump had a debate so it couldn’t have been then.
Pecker says, “I discovered it was the middle of August.”
Bove pokes holes in Pecker’s memory, suggesting that he was told Trump was away from the city the first week of August 2015. Pecker says he doesn’t remember being told that.
Pecker confirms he told the grand jury the meeting happened the first week of August 2015.
Bove challenges him, saying that he now “changed” his testimony about the timing on the stand now at trial.
“I don’t mean to put you on the spot” Bove says, adding that it’s hard to remember what people said almost 10 years ago.
Bove says there are some things “that your mind fills in the gaps.”
“What I’m getting at is these things happened a long time ago. And even when you’re doing your best … it’s hard to remember exactly what happened when,” Bove says.
Pecker shrugs and says he’s testifying to the best of his knowledge to be truthful.
Pecker says, “I didn’t feel that I added in language.”
