Michael Rothfeld

The mayor has been investigated repeatedly during his two decades in politics.

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.

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

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.

The former First Republic banker helped Donald J. Trump’s former lawyer set up the account that enabled the hush-money payment.

The testimony of David Pecker, the former publisher of The National Enquirer, included stories of celebrity encounters and his own wild journalistic tactics.

Karen McDougal sold the rights to her story. Donald J. Trump and the publisher of The National Enquirer decided what would happen to it.