Donald Trump waves to reporters as he enters the courtroom for his hush-money trial in New York.
Donald Trump waves to reporters as he enters the courtroom for his hush-money trial in New York.
  • A key "catch-and-kill" witness testified for a third day on Thursday in Trump's NY hush-money trial.
  • Ex-National Enquirer publisher David Pecker described scrambling to bury Trump's secrets.
  • When a porn star and Playboy Bunny both came forward, Trump feared for voters, not family, Pecker told jurors.

First, up popped a doorman with a tale — false, it turned out — of an illegitimate child. Then, in swift succession and with the 2016 election just months away, a Playboy Bunny and a porn star appeared with more sex scandals.