Donald Trump's hush money trial

We are in the sixth week of court proceedings in the historic hush money criminal trial against Donald Trump.

To refresh your memory, here you go key moments and witnesses From the trial so far:

April 15: The trial began with jury selection.

April 19th: A panel of 12 jurors and six alternates was selected.

April 22: The prosecution and defense made their opening statements. Former tabloid boss David Pecker was called to testify.

April 23rd: Judge Juan Merchán held a hearing with Sandoval over Trump's alleged violations of the gag order, but reserved his decision. Pecker continued his testimony.

April 25th: While Trump sat in the Manhattan courtroom listening to Pecker's testimony, the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. heard arguments on the question of his immunity in special counsel Jack Smith's election subversion case against him.

April 26: Pecker's direct examination and cross-examination concluded. Former Trump aide Rhona Graff was called to testify briefly. Then, Michael Cohen's former banker, Gary Farro, was called to the stand.

April 30th: Farro's testimony concluded. Prosecutors then called Dr. Robert Browning, executive director of C-SPAN archives, and Philip Thompson, who works for a court reporting company. Then Keith Davidson, former attorney for Daniels and McDougal, took the stand. Additionally, Merchan fined Trump $9,000 for violating a gag order.

May 2: Davidson's testimony concluded. Digital evidence analyst Douglas Daus was called to testify.

May 3: After Daus finished testifying, Georgia Longstreet, a paralegal in the district attorney's office, talked about reviewing Trump's social media posts for this case. She was followed by Hope Hicks, once a longtime Trump aide. Her long-awaited testimony lasted just under three hours.

May 6th: Prosecutors called two witnesses who worked in accounting at the Trump Organization: Jeffrey McConney, a former Trump Organization. controller, and Deborah Tarasoff, accounts payable supervisor.

May 7: Prosecutors called Sally Franklin, senior vice president and executive editor of the Penguin Random House publishing group. After her testimony, Stormy Daniels was called to the stand.

May 9: Stormy Daniels finished her testimony and the defense attempted to undermine her credibility by pointing out inconsistencies in her story during cross-examination.

May 10: The testimony of former White House aide Madeleine Westerhout concluded. The prosecution then called several arrest witnesses to the stand.

May 13: Trump's former lawyer and key prosecution witness, Michael Cohen, began testifying.

may 14: The prosecution completed direct examination of Cohen and Trump's defense began cross-examination.

May 16: Trump's defense grilled Cohen, questioning a key call from October 2016 and asking him about times he lied under oath.

May 20th: Cohen concluded his testimony and the prosecution concluded its case. The defense called its first witness, Daniel Sitko, a law clerk to defense attorney Todd Blanche. After a brief round of questioning, the defense called Robert Costello, a lawyer connected to Cohen. He could be the last witness, according to the prosecution.

Read a full timeline of key moments here.

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