A lawyer was arranging payoffs to silence other women from Mr. Trump's past, leading The Wall Street Journal to report that The National Enquirer paid $150,000 to suppress a Playboy model's account of her affair with Mr. Trump.
The road to Trump's conviction for falsifying records to cover up the hush-money scheme began with investigative journalism, slowly revealing his involvement and illegal activities to tilt the 2016 election.
David Pecker, former National Enquirer publisher and Trump's associate, played a key role, with his company paying Karen McDougal for rights to her affair story. The Wall Street Journal obtained firm evidence of this deal.
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