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Trump’s Hush Money Trial: Key Moments and Witnesses #

We are in the sixth week of court proceedings in Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial. Here are the important moments and witnesses from the trial so far:

• April 15: Trial began with jury selection.
• April 19: 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 testified.
• April 23: Judge Juan Merchan held a Sandoval hearing regarding Trump’s alleged gag order violations. Pecker continued his testimony.
• April 25: Trump listened to Pecker’s testimony while the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., heard arguments on his immunity in another case.
• April 26: Pecker’s questioning concluded. Trump’s former assistant Rhona Graff and Michael Cohen’s former banker Gary Farro testified.
• April 30: Farro’s testimony concluded. Prosecutors called Dr. Robert Browning, Philip Thompson, and Keith Davidson to the stand. Merchan fined Trump for violating a gag order.
• May 2: Davidson’s testimony concluded. Digital evidence analyst Douglas Daus testified.
• May 3: Georgia Longstreet, a paralegal, spoke about reviewing Trump’s social media posts. Hope Hicks, a former Trump aide, also testified.
• May 6: Prosecutors called Jeffrey McConney and Deborah Tarasoff from the Trump Organization’s accounting department.
• May 7: Prosecutors called Sally Franklin, a publishing executive, and Stormy Daniels to the stand.
• May 9: Daniels finished her testimony.
• May 10: Former White House aide Madeleine Westerhout’s testimony concluded. Custodial witnesses testified.
• May 13: Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen started testifying.
• May 14: The prosecution completed direct questioning of Cohen, and the defense began cross-examination.
• May 16: Trump’s defense grilled Cohen on inconsistencies in his story.
• May 20: Cohen wrapped up his testimony, and the prosecution rested its case. The defense called Daniel Sitko and Robert Costello as witnesses.

For a detailed timeline of key moments, please refer to the full article.