The Latest | Hearing on claims of gag order violations in Trump’s hush money trial rescheduled [Video]

NEW YORK – The third day of witness testimony in Donald Trump’s hush money trial concluded Thursday after Trump’s lawyers got their first chance to question a witness on the stand.

The trial resumed around the same time the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Washington over whether Trump should be immune from prosecution for actions he took during his time as president.

At the trial in Manhattan, veteran tabloid publisher David Pecker took the stand after testifying previously about his longtime friendship with the former president and a pledge he made to be the “eyes and ears” of Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.

The testimony was sought to bolster prosecutors’ premise that Trump sought to illegally influence the 2016 election through a “catch-and-kill” strategy to buy up and then spike negative stories. Key to that premise are so-called hush money payments that were paid to porn actor Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal, along with the doorman.

Prosecutors say Trump obscured the true …