30/ Klasfeld:
"The evidence will show that the defendant desperately did not want this information about Karen McDougal to become public" because he was concerned about how it would affect the election, Colangelo says.
"You will see the flurry of text messages, the barrage of phone calls" about the desire to silence Karen McDougal's story.
David Pecker is reportedly set to be the first witness, and the prosecutor promises the jury that they will hear him testify.