It’s the sort of case that emboldens prosecutors and mesmerizes juries: a celeb defendant authorizing a secret payoff to cowl up a tryst with a porn star.
Because the Manhattan district lawyer’s workplace seems poised to hunt an indictment of Donald J. Trump in simply such a case, the previous president is going through a frightening set of info. His onetime fixer, Michael D. Cohen, will testify that Mr. Trump directed him to repay the porn star, Stormy Daniels, and that the previous president…
