Donald Trump’s hush-money trial: a timeline of the case

From an encounter with an adult film star in 2006, to a $130,000 payment in 2016 and a criminal trial starting on Monday

After a years-long investigation by New York prosecutors, Donald Trump is facing his first criminal trial in Manhattan on Monday.

Trump is accused of covering up a $130,000 payment to an adult film star, Stormy Daniels, on business records. Trump allegedly had his former fixer Michael Cohen pay Daniels, while Trump reimbursed Cohen in 2017 and reported the reimbursement as legal fees.

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Trump meets with David Pecker, CEO of American Media, parent company to the National Enquirer. Pecker tells Trump that he will be the eyes and ears for the campaign" and will buy the silence of anyone with salacious stories on Trump.