Trump hush money trial highlights: Stormy Daniels’ ex-lawyer describes deals

Today in Manhattan criminal court, we got into the weeds of banking, the sleaze of tabloid dealmaking and the screams of Michael Cohen.

The ninth day of the New York state case concluded with Keith Davidson — the Los Angeles lawyer who once represented adult-film actress Stormy Daniels — still on the stand. He spent hours detailing how each of the hush money payments to Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal were brokered. In his telling, all negotiations flowed through the National Enquirer and Cohen, then Trump’s attorney.