Reuters
Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial resumes on Thursday with a former tabloid publisher testifying about efforts to help Trump's 2016 presidential bid by burying negative stories, including an alleged affair with a former Playboy model. Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, 72, is a key witness in the case against the former U.S. president, who is accused of falsifying business records documenting a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet about an affair she said she had with Trump in 2006. Pecker, who has not been charged with a crime, testified on Tuesday that the Enquirer paid two people for stories of Trump's alleged sexual misbehavior but never published them - a practice known as "catch and kill."