We are in the seventh week of legal proceedings in the historic criminal trial of Donald Trump.
To refresh your memory, here is key moments and witnesses of the trial so far:
April 15: The 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 was called to testify.
April 23: Judge Juan Merchan held a Sandoval hearing for the alleged violations of Trump’s silence order, but reserved his decision. Pecker continued his testimony.
April 25: 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 the election subversion case brought by special counsel Jack Smith against him.
April 26: Pecker’s direct examination and cross-examination are complete. Rhona Graff, a former longtime Trump aide, was called to testify briefly. Michael Cohen’s former banker, Gary Farro, was then called to the stand.
April 30: Farro’s testimony is over. Prosecutors then called Dr. Robert Browning, executive director of the C-SPAN archives, and Philip Thompson, who works for a court reporting company. Then Keith Davidson, Daniels and McDougal’s former attorney, took the stand. Additionally, Merchan fined Trump $9,000 for violating a silence order.
May 2nd: Davidson’s testimony is over. Digital evidence analyst Douglas Daus was called to testify.
May 3: After Daus finished testifying, Georgia Longstreet, a paralegal in the prosecutor’s office, spoke about reviewing Trump’s social media posts for this case. She was followed by Hope Hicks, once a longtime Trump aide. His highly anticipated testimony lasted just under three hours.
May 6: Prosecutors called two witnesses who worked in accounting at the Trump Organization: Jeffrey McConney, a former Trump Org. controller and Deborah Tarasoff, accounts payable supervisor.
May 7: Prosecutors called Sally Franklin, senior vice president and editor-in-chief of the Penguin Random House publishing group. After her testimony, Stormy Daniels was called to the stand.
May 9: Stormy Daniels finished her testimony, with the defense attempting to undermine her credibility by pointing out inconsistencies in her story during cross-examination.
May 10: Former White House aide Madeleine Westerhout’s testimony has concluded. The prosecution then called several witnesses in custody to the stand.
May 13: Former Trump 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 questioned Cohen, questioning a key October 2016 call and questioning him about times he lied under oath.
May 20: Cohen finished his testimony and the prosecution finished its case. The defense called its first witness, Daniel Sitko, a paralegal for defense attorney Todd Blanche. After a short round of questioning, the defense called Robert Costello, an attorney with ties to Cohen.
May 21: Costello’s testimony is over. Then the defense finished its case without calling Trump to the stand. The judge and attorneys for both sides also developed instructions for the jury.
May 28: The defense and prosecution presented their final submissions. The court lasted a long time that day.
May 29: Judge Merchan followed the jury’s instructions and the jurors began deliberating. They sent two memos, asking to rehear the judge’s instructions to the jury and one asking to reread some testimony from witnesses Michael Cohen and David Pecker.
Read the full timeline of key moments here.
News Source : www.cnn.com
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