Prosecutors started their criminal case against Donald J. Trump with eye-catching and lurid stories, but the heart of the matter is invoices and ledger entries.
Douglas Daus, a forensic analyst in the Manhattan district attorney’s office, obtained the audio from the phones of Michael D. Cohen, Mr. Trump’s former fixer.
Donald J. Trump’s lawyers tried to paint Keith Davidson, the man who helped broker a hush-money payment for Stormy Daniels, as a specialist in extracting money from the famous.
During his testimony in the former president’s criminal trial, Keith Davidson described a lucrative legal niche keeping embarrassing stories out of print.