Several legal experts have praised Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s team’s decision to select former American Media Inc. CEO David Pecker as the first witness in Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial. The former National Enquirer publisher on Thursday made an admission that may have confirmed the basis of Bragg’s case against the ex-president. Politico reported live during Pecker’s testimony that he told prosecutors he believed he was charged with catching and killing unflattering stories about the MAGA hopeful in order to benefit his campaign. READ MORE: Trump hush money trial tra…