As the jury continues to deliberate, here's what you should know about the hush payment that is at the heart of this trial:
According to prosecutors, on October 27, 2016, Michael Cohen paid Stormy Daniels $130,000 to her lawyer through a shell company in exchange for her silence about an affair she allegedly had with Donald Trump in 2006.
Trump has publicly denied having an affair with Daniels and has denied making the payments.
Prosecutors say Daniels first took her story to American Media Inc., whose executives took it to Cohen on Trump's behalf.
According to prosecutors, Trump ordered Cohen to delay the payment as long as possible, telling him that if they delayed it after the election they could avoid paying it.
The former president has been accused of participating in an illegal conspiracy to undermine the integrity of the 2016 election and an illegal scheme to suppress negative information, which included the payment to Daniels.
Prosecutors allege that Trump allegedly disguised the transaction as a legal payment and falsified business records on numerous occasions to “promote his candidacy.”
Read a complete timeline of the hush money case.
