在过去的五周里，陪审团唐纳德·特朗普的刑事封口费审判见证了马拉松式的证词。
在出庭作证的22名证人中，陪审员听取了特朗普的前律师、一名成人电影女演员、特朗普的两名行政助理、一名小报高管、一名白宫高级助手以及一系列在押证人的证词，检方试图证明特朗普伪造商业记录以隐瞒一笔报销费用封口费付款他当时的律师迈克尔·科恩向成人电影女演员斯托米·丹尼尔斯求婚，以提高特朗普在2016年总统大选中的竞选前景。
辩护律师讲述了一个明显不同的故事，将发票的责任归咎于科恩，并暗示特朗普-否认所有不法行为-只是保护他的家人免受虚假指控。
在周二的结案陈词之前，以下是每位证人在法庭上的发言摘要。
《国家询问报》前出版人大卫·派克
派克告诉陪审员，他同意在唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)2016年总统竞选中担任“耳目”，向科恩标记任何潜在的负面报道，科恩然后可以协调一种杀死他们的方法。
佩克作证说，他的公司支付了两笔“抓捕并杀死”的款项以履行他与特朗普的协议，向一名谎称特朗普有一个私生子的前看门人支付了3万美元，并向前《花花公子》模特凯伦·麦克道戈支付了15万美元，以换取她对他否认与特朗普发生的所谓婚外情保持沉默。
派克还表示，他在2016年10月向科恩提出了斯托米·丹尼尔斯的潜在故事，但拒绝自掏腰包支付13万美元的封口费赔偿金。
唐纳德·川普的长期行政助理萝娜·格拉夫
在35分钟的证词中，格拉夫作证说，她在特朗普集团的计算机系统中为麦克杜格尔和丹尼尔斯创建了联系人条目。她还作证说，她一度在特朗普大厦看到丹尼尔斯，与前总统办公室在同一层楼。
加里·法罗，第一共和国银行前董事总经理
法罗描述了他所说的迈克尔·科恩在2016年10月为两家空壳公司Resolution Consultants LLC和Essential Consultants LLC创建银行账户的疯狂努力，这两家公司在申请中被描述为房地产咨询公司。
法罗说，如果科恩对这些账户的用途诚实的话——这些账户是为了向封口费付款而创建的，是抓捕杀人计划的一部分——这些账户和电汇可能会被推迟或不被批准。
罗伯特·勃朗宁，C-SPAN档案馆执行主任
布朗宁担任了2016年特朗普的两段竞选视频和特朗普当选后的一次演讲的监管证人。
在其中一段视频中，特朗普否认了女性对他的任何指控，并暗示这些指控可能会导致他在2016年大选中失败。检察官表示，这种担忧促使川普向斯托米·丹尼尔斯·封口费付款。
菲利普·汤普森，Esquire沉积解决方案
汤普森担任监管证人，以认证特朗普在E. Jean Carroll诽谤案中作证的文字记录和视频。
基思·戴维森，凯伦·麦克道戈和斯托米·丹尼尔斯的前律师
戴维森证实了他在封口费为凯伦·麦克道戈和斯托米·丹尼尔斯付款中的角色。虽然戴维森作证说科恩最终从自己的口袋里支付了丹尼尔斯的款项，但他表示，他知道特朗普将有效地资助并成为这笔款项的受益人。
在作证期间，陪审员们还听到了一段秘密录制的戴维森和科恩之间的对话录音，其中科恩谈到了特朗普涉嫌接受丹尼尔斯的付款。
“我甚至无法告诉你他对我说了多少次，你知道，‘我讨厌我们这样做的事实。’科恩在录音中说:“我对他的评论是，‘但每一个和你交谈过的人都告诉你这是正确的举动。
曼哈顿检察官办公室分析师道格拉斯·道斯说
道斯作为监管证人就他提取迈克尔·科恩两部iPhones内容的工作作证。在道斯作证期间，检察官将科恩2016年与特朗普的一段对话录音作为证据。
科恩在录音中说:“我需要开设一家公司来传输我们的朋友大卫的所有信息，你知道，所以——我会马上这么做。”
“那么，我们要为此付出什么代价呢?一毛五?”川普说这话显然是指封口费付给凯伦·麦克道戈的15万美元。
乔治亚·朗斯特里特，曼哈顿检察官办公室的律师助理
朗斯特里特作为羁押证人作证，介绍了包括唐纳德·特朗普社交媒体帖子在内的证据。
霍普·希克斯，前白宫通讯主任
希克斯曾是特朗普最信任的顾问之一，他告诉陪审员们，特朗普在2018年告诉她，他更希望斯托米·丹尼尔斯的婚外情指控在那时公布，而不是在2016年大选之前。
希克斯在证人席上崩溃之前说:“我认为特朗普先生的意见是最好现在就处理这件事，如果在选举前公布这件事就不好了。”
希克斯还表示，特朗普告诉她科恩已经独自向丹尼尔斯支付了款项——但她怀疑这是真的，因为她说，“我不知道迈克尔是一个特别慈善的人，或者无私的人。他是那种寻求信用的人。”
在她的交叉询问中，希克斯帮助证实了一个辩护论点，即特朗普是一个顾家的男人，他关心这些指控对他家人的影响。
希克斯说:“我不认为他希望他家里的任何人因为竞选中发生的任何事情而受到伤害或感到尴尬。”“他希望他们为他感到骄傲。“
前特朗普组织控制员杰弗里·麦康奈尔
麦康奈尔告诉陪审员，他在2017年偿还了迈克尔·科恩支付给斯托米·丹尼尔斯的13万美元和其他费用。
根据麦康奈尔的说法，时任特朗普组织首席财务官艾伦·魏塞尔伯格指示他批准向科恩支付12笔35，000美元的款项，用于丹尼尔斯的付款报销，以及另一笔报销和他的年度奖金。
特朗普集团应付账款主管黛博拉·塔拉索夫
塔拉索夫就她在处理迈克尔·科恩2017年发票中的角色作证，这些发票被标记为法律服务费用，但实际上为科恩报销了丹尼尔斯的付款和其他费用。
根据塔拉索夫的说法，麦康奈尔指示她批准这些发票作为法律费用，当她在特朗普组织的系统中处理这些发票时，她做到了这一点。
莎莉·富兰克林，企鹅兰登书屋高管
作为羁押证人作证时，富兰克林宣读了特朗普两本书《像亿万富翁一样思考》和《如何致富》中的名言，这些名言强调了特朗普的节俭和亲力亲为的经商方式。
成人电影女演员兼制片人斯托米·丹尼尔斯
斯蒂芬妮·克利福德(Stephanie Clifford)的艺名斯托米·丹尼尔斯详细描述了她与特朗普的所谓性遭遇。检方称，特朗普在2016年大选前试图非法隐瞒选民。特朗普否认有过这种接触。
“当我打开浴室门出来时，特朗普先生已经来到卧室并躺在床上，基本上在我和出口之间，”丹尼尔斯告诉陪审员所谓的2006年性接触。“我没想到会有人在那里，尤其是没有穿很多衣服。就在那时，我感觉到房间在慢动作旋转。我感觉血基本上离开了我的手和脚。”
根据丹尼尔斯的说法，科恩在2016年提出以13万美元的价格购买她的故事是“完美的解决方案”，因为这使她可以从故事中获利，而不必将自己的安全置于危险之中。
丽贝卡·马诺奇奥，特朗普集团初级簿记员
马诺奇奥就2017年偿还科恩的下一步程序作证:从塔拉索夫那里拿走未签名的支票，并将其送到白宫供特朗普签字。
哈珀柯林斯公司高管特雷西·门泽斯
门泽斯引用了川普的书《思考》来强调这位前总统对忠诚的重视。
马德琳·韦斯特胡特，前椭圆形办公室主任
韦斯特胡特告诉陪审员，她通常会从马诺奇奥那里收到成捆的支票，然后交给特朗普签字。韦斯特胡特说，特朗普签署支票后，她将支票寄回了纽约的特朗普组织。
韦斯特胡特对特朗普在签署支票时的专注度和意图提供了相互矛盾的描述。他先是告诉陪审员，特朗普在签署文件前检查了所有文件，后来又在交叉询问中作证说，特朗普有时签署文件时没有仔细检查。
丹尼尔·迪克森，美国电话电报公司分析师&T
迪克森作为AT的档案保管人出庭作证允许检察官将迈克尔·科恩的手机记录作为证据。
威瑞森分析师珍妮·托马林
托马林作为监管证人作证，允许检察官将艾伦·魏斯勒伯格的手机记录作为证据。
贾登·贾梅尔·施耐德曼哈顿检察官办公室的律师助理
贾梅尔-施耐德作证说，他制作了几个摘要图表，以简化案件中电话记录和涉嫌伪造的业务记录的显示。
川普的前律师迈克尔·科恩
在为期四天的证词中，科恩作证说，他在努力扼杀负面报道时是按照特朗普的命令行事的，他让特朗普随时了解这一过程中的每一步，告诉陪审员“一切都需要特朗普先生的签署。”
科恩作证说:“我所做的一切，都是在特朗普先生的指导下为了他的利益而做的。
科恩说，2016年10月，他与特朗普通话20多次，讨论如何处理来自斯托米·丹尼尔斯的指控。
“他对我说，‘这是一场灾难，彻底的灾难。“女人们会恨我的，”科恩就特朗普大厦的一次会议作证说..“伙计们可能认为这很酷，但这对竞选活动来说将是一场灾难。”'
科恩还回忆了2017年在就职典礼前几天与特朗普和魏塞尔伯格在特朗普大厦的一次会面，特朗普同意向科恩偿还丹尼尔斯·封口费付款的计划。
“他批准了，”科恩说。“他还说，‘这将是在华盛顿特区的一次旅程’。”
辩护律师托德·布兰奇(Todd Blanche)对科恩的可信度进行了最成功的打击，他提出证据表明，2016年10月24日的一个电话——科恩作证说，他打电话是为了确认向丹尼尔斯支付13万美元的计划——实际上只是科恩抱怨一个十几岁的恶作剧电话打给特朗普的保安。
辩护律师还质问科恩从特朗普组织窃取了3万美元，当时他要求报销5万美元的IT费用，这笔费用实际上花了他2万美元。
布兰奇律师事务所的法律分析师丹尼尔·西特科说
锡特科就他制作的一份辩方证人鲍勃·科斯特洛和迈克尔·科恩之间的通话摘要图作证。
罗伯特·科斯特洛，迈克尔·科恩前法律顾问
科斯特洛当时是鲁迪·朱利安尼的亲密助手，在美国联邦调查局特工搜查科恩的办公室和酒店房间寻找斯托米·丹尼尔斯案的证据后，他告诉陪审员他在2018年与科恩的会面和电话。根据科恩的说法，科斯特洛为科恩提供了建议，并提出通过朱利安尼向白宫传递信息，但科斯特洛从未正式代表科恩担任他的律师。
“迈克尔·科恩多次表示，川普总统对这些付款一无所知，川普是自己做的，他重复了无数次，”科斯特洛就斯托米·丹尼尔斯·封口费的付款作证。但科恩作证说，他在特朗普参与安排的问题上对科斯特洛撒谎，因为他不信任他。检察官还对科斯特洛的可信度提出了质疑，他们强调了一系列电子邮件，这些邮件表明他是为了促进特朗普的利益而不是科恩的利益。
在审判中最具戏剧性的时刻之一，法官胡安·马尔默在科斯特洛作证时清空了法庭，并威胁要将科斯特洛从证人席上踢下来，因为他的行为“藐视法庭”。
在科斯特洛作证后，辩护停止，特朗普没有站出来为自己辩护。
Ahead of summations in Trump trial, here's a brief look at what every witness said on the stand
Over the last five weeks, the jury inDonald Trump'scriminal hush money trial witnessed a marathon of testimony.
Among the 22 witnesses who took the stand, jurors heard from Trump's former lawyer, an adult film actress, two of Trump's executive assistants, a tabloid executive, a top White House aide, and a flurry of custodial witnesses as prosecutors sought to show that Trump falsified business records to hide the reimbursement of ahush money paymenthis then-attorney Michael Cohen made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels to boost Trump's electoral prospects in the 2016 presidential election.
Defense lawyers told a markedly different story, pinning the responsibility for the invoices on Cohen and suggesting that Trump -- who has denied all wrongdoing -- was simply protecting his family from false allegations.
Ahead of closing arguments on Tuesday, here is a summary of what each witness said on the stand.
David Pecker, former publisher of the National Enquirer
Pecker told jurors that he agreed to serve as the "eyes and ears" of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign by flagging any potentially negative stories to Cohen, who could then coordinate a way to kill them.
Pecker testified that his company made two catch-and-kill payments to honor his agreement with Trump, paying $30,000 to a former doorman who falsely alleged that Trump had a child out of wedlock, and $150,000 to former Playboy model Karen McDougal in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair with Trump that he denied took place.
Pecker also said he flagged Stormy Daniels' potential story to Cohen in October 2016, but declined to make the $130,000 hush money payment out of his own pocket.
Rhona Graff, Donald Trump's longtime executive assistant
During 35 minutes of testimony, Graff testified that she created contact entries in the Trump Organization's computer system for both McDougal and Daniels. She also testified that at one point she saw Daniels in Trump Tower on the same floor as the former president's office.
Gary Farro, former Managing Director at First Republic Bank
Farro described what he said was Michael Cohen's frantic effort in October 2016 to create bank accounts for two shell companies, Resolution Consultants LLC and Essential Consultants LLC, which were described in applications as real estate consulting companies.
Farro said that had Cohen been truthful about the purpose of the accounts -- which were created to make hush money payments as part of the catch-and-kill plan --the accounts and wire transfers would have likely been delayed or not approved.
Robert Browning, Executive Director of C-SPAN Archives
Browning served as a custodial witness to verify two campaign videos of Trump in 2016, and one speech after Trump was elected.
In one of the videos, Trump denied any of the allegations made against him by women and suggested that the accusations could result in him losing the 2016 election. Prosecutors say that concern prompted Trump to make the Stormy Daniels hush money payment.
Philip Thompson, Esquire Deposition Solutions
Thompson served as a custodial witness to authenticate the transcript and video from Trump's deposition in E. Jean Carroll's defamation case.
Keith Davidson, ex-attorney for Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels
Davidson testified about his role brokering the hush money payments for Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels. While Davidson testified that Cohen ultimately made Daniels' payment out of his own pocket, he said that he understood that Trump would effectively fund and be the beneficiary of the payment.
During his testimony, jurors also heard a secretly made recording of a conversation between Davidson and Cohen, in which Cohen spoke about Trump's alleged take on the Daniels payment.
"I can't even tell you how many times he said to me, you know, 'I hate the fact that we did it.' And my comment to him was, 'But every person that you've spoken to told you it was the right move,'" Cohen said in the recording.
Douglas Daus, Analyst for Manhattan DA's Office
Daus testified as a custodial witness about his work extracting the contents of Michael Cohen's two iPhones. During Daus' testimony, prosecutors introduced into evidence a recording that Cohen secretly made of a 2016 conversation with Trump.
"I need to open up a company for the transfer of all of that info regarding our friend, David, you know, so that -- I'm going to do that right away," Cohen said on the recording.
"So, what do we got to pay for this? One-fifty?" Trump said in an apparent reference to the $150,000 hush money payment to Karen McDougal.
Georgia Longstreet, Paralegal for Manhattan DA's Office
Longstreet testified as a custodial witness to introduce evidence that included Donald Trump's social media posts.
Hope Hicks, former White House Communications Director
Hicks, formerly one of Trump's most trusted advisers, told jurors that Trump told her in 2018 that he preferred the story of Stormy Daniels' affair allegations come out then, rather than before the 2016 election.
"I think Mr. Trump's opinion was it was better to be dealing with it now, and that it would have been bad to have that story come out before the election," Hicks said before breaking down on the witness stand.
Hicks also said Trump told her that Cohen had made the payment to Daniels on his own -- but that she doubted that was true, because, she said, "I didn't know Michael to be an especially charitable person, or selfless person. He was the kind of person who seeks credit."
During her cross-examination, Hicks helped corroborate a defense argument that Trump was a family man who cared about the impact of the allegations on his family.
"I don't think he wanted anyone in his family to be hurt or embarrassed by anything that was happening on the campaign," Hicks said. "He wanted them to be proud of him."
Jeffrey McConney, Former Trump Organization Controller
McConney told jurors about his role reimbursing Michael Cohen in 2017 for his $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels and other expenses.
According to McConney, then-Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg instructed him to approve twelve $35,000 payments to Cohen for the Daniels payment reimbursement, as well as for another reimbursement and his annual bonus.
Deborah Tarasoff, Trump Organization Accounts Payable Supervisor
Tarasoff testified about her role processing Michael Cohen's 2017 invoices, which were labeled as payment for legal services but actually reimbursed Cohen for the Daniels payment and other expenses.
According to Tarasoff, McConney instructed her to approve the invoices as legal expenses, which she did when she processed the invoices in the Trump Organization's system.
Sally Franklin, Penguin Random House Executive
Testifying as a custodial witness, Franklin read quotes from two of Trump's books, "Think Like a Billionaire" and "How to Get Rich" that highlighted Trump's frugality and hands-on approach to business.
Stormy Daniels, Adult Film Actress and Producer
Stormy Daniels, the stage name of Stephanie Clifford, detailed her alleged sexual encounter with Trump that prosecutors say the then-Republican nominee attempted to illegally hide from voters before the 2016 election. Trump has denied the encounter ever took place.
"When I opened the bathroom door to come out, Mr. Trump had come into the bedroom and was on the bed, basically between myself and the exit," Daniels told jurors about the alleged 2006 sexual encounter. "I wasn't expecting someone to be there, especially minus a lot of clothing. That's when I had that moment where I felt the room spin in slow motion. I felt the blood basically leave my hands and my feet."
According to Daniels, Cohen's offer to buy her story for $130,000 in 2016 was the "perfect solution" because it allowed her to profit from the story without having to go public and put her safety at risk.
Rebecca Manochio, Trump Organization Junior Bookkeeper
Manochio testified about the next step in the process to repay Cohen in 2017: taking unsigned checks from Tarasoff and sending them to the White House for Trump's signature.
Tracy Menzies, HarperCollins Executive
Menzies read quotes from Trump's book "Think Big" to highlight the former president's emphasis on loyalty.
Madeleine Westerhout, Former Director of Oval Office Operations
Westerhout told jurors that she normally received bundles of checks in the mail from Manochio, which she would hand to Trump for his signature. Once Trump signed the checks, Westerhout said she mailed the checks back to the Trump Organization in New York.
Westerhout offered conflicting descriptions of Trump's attentiveness and intentionality when signing checks, first telling jurors that Trump examined all documents before signing them, then later testifying on cross-examination that Trump sometimes signed documents without looking them over.
Daniel Dixon, Analyst for AT&T
Dixon testified as a custodian of records for AT&T, allowing prosecutors to enter Michael Cohen's cellphone records into evidence.
Jenny Tomalin, Analyst for Verizon
Tomalin testified as a custodial witness to allow prosecutors to get Allen Weisselberg's cellphone records into evidence.
Jaden Jarmel-Schneider, Paralegal for Manhattan DA's Office
Jarmel-Schneider testified that he created several summary charts to simplify the display of the phone records and the allegedly falsified business records in the case.
Michael Cohen, Trump's Former Attorney
Across four days of testimony, Cohen testified that he was acting on Trump's orders when he worked to kill negative stories, and that he kept Trump apprised of every step along the way, telling jurors "everything required Mr. Trump's signoff."
"What I was doing, I was doing at the direction and for the benefit of Mr. Trump," Cohen testified.
Cohen said he spoke with Trump more than 20 times in October 2016 to discuss how to handle the allegations from Stormy Daniels.
"He said to me, 'This is a disaster, total disaster. Women are going to hate me,'" Cohen testified about a meeting in Trump Tower.. "Guys may think it's cool, but this is going to be a disaster for the campaign."'
Cohen also recounted a 2017 meeting with Trump and Weisselberg in Trump Tower just days before the inauguration where Trump agreed to the plan to reimburse Cohen for the Daniels hush money payment.
"He approved it,' Cohen said. "And he also said, 'This is going to be one heck of a ride in D.C.'"
Defense lawyer Todd Blanche delivered his most successful blow to Cohen's credibility when he presented evidence to suggest that an Oct. 24, 2016, phone call -- which Cohen testified he made to confirm the plan to go forward with the $130,000 payment to Daniels -- was actually just Cohen complaining about a teenage prank caller to Trump's security guard.
Defense lawyers also confronted Cohen about stealing $30,000 from the Trump Organization when he requested a $50,000 reimbursement for an IT expense that actually cost him $20,000.
Daniel Sitko, Legal Analyst at Blanche Law
Sitko testified about a summary chart he created about phone calls between defense witness Bob Costello and Michael Cohen.
Robert Costello, Former Legal Adviser to Michael Cohen
Costello, then a close associate of Rudy Giuliani, told jurors about his meetings and phone calls with Cohen in 2018 after FBI agents raided Cohen's office and hotel room seeking evidence in the Stormy Daniels case. Costello advised Cohen and offered to pass messages to the White House through Giuliani, according to Cohen, but Costello never formally represented Cohen as his lawyer.
"Michael Cohen said, numerous times, that President Trump knew nothing about those payments, that he did this on his own, and he repeated that numerous times," Costello testified about the Stormy Daniels hush money payment. But Cohen testified that he lied to Costello about Trump's involvement in the arrangement because he didn't trust him. Prosecutors also cast doubt on Costello's credibility by highlighting a series of emails that suggested he was acting to advance Trump's interests, not Cohen's.
During one of the most dramatic moments of the trial, Judge Juan Merchan cleared the courtroom during Costello's testimony and threatened to kick Costello off the witness stand for his "contemptuous" conduct.
Following Costello's testimony, the defense rested without Trump taking the stand in his own defense.
