Behind Trump’s Tabloid King, a Connected and Flush Hedge Fund

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Aug 31, 2018 · 6 min read
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By Gerry Smith, Katherine Burton, Shahien Nasiripour, and Allison McNeely

David Pecker, America’s tabloid king, owes a lot to his old friend Donald Trump.

But when Pecker arrived at the White House in July 2017 for dinner with the president, he owed even more to the financier that accompanied him: Anthony Melchiorre.

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