Michael Rothfeld

The phrase, which means “this for that” in Latin, signifies acts that transgress American laws. Manhattan’s former U.S. attorney said that New York’s mayor tried to strike a corrupt deal.

The indictment on corruption and fraud charges was the first against a sitting mayor in modern New York City history.

A letter from Emil Bove III, acting deputy attorney general, accepting the resignation of Danielle R. Sassoon, Manhattan’s acting U.S. attorney, over her refusal to drop the case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York.

Danielle R. Sassoon, who resigned Thursday as Manhattan’s U.S. attorney, writes to Attorney General Pam Bondi to explain her refusal to drop a corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York.

Before Stormy Daniels, Donald J. Trump and his allies paid to keep other stories buried as he ran for the presidency.

Keith Davidson, the lawyer who represented two women from Donald Trump’s past, testified in his criminal trial about the hush-money deals both received.

As rumors circulated of Donald J. Trump’s reported infidelity, two accounts of women being paid to stay silent about their encounters became central to his indictment.

Mr. Pecker helped broker hush-money payments with the porn star Stormy Daniels and a former Playboy model, Karen McDougal. Both said they had sex with Donald J. Trump.

The porn star met the future president at a golf tournament, and she said she was invited to his suite. Her account of what happened next eventually resulted in Donald J. Trump’s criminal trial.

Ms. Daniels could take the stand this week, allowing jurors to see and hear from the person at the center of the criminal case against the former president.