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Here are the 22 witnesses who testified at Trump’s trial

by Zach Schonfeld

Former President Trump’s hush money trial resumed Tuesday, and the defense rested its case-in-chief within an hour, after finishing with its second and final witness.

Across 16 days of testimony, 22 witnesses took the stand.

Here’s the list, in order of appearance:

Prosecution witnesses

  1. David Pecker, ex-publisher of the National Enquirer who agreed to look for negative stories about Trump
  2. Rhona Graff, Trump’s longtime assistant
  3. Gary Farro, Michael Cohen’s ex-banker who helped him as he created an account to pay hush money
  4. Robert Browning, C-SPAN archives executive director who verified the authenticity of various videos of Trump’s speeches
  5. Phillip Thompson, regional director at Esquire Deposition Solutions who verified the authenticity of a Trump deposition transcript in a recent civil case
  6. Keith Davidson, attorney who previously represented two women paid hush money in 2016
  7. Doug Daus, Manhattan DA senior forensic analyst who analyzed Michael Cohen’s cellphones
  8. Georgia Longstreet, Manhattan DA paralegal who reviewed Trump’s social media posts; she testified twice during the trial
  9. Hope Hicks, Trump’s 2016 campaign press secretary
  10. Jeffrey McConney, ex-Trump Organization controller who helped process the allegedly falsified records
  11. Deb Tarasoff, Trump Organization bookkeeper who helped process the allegedly falsified records
  12. Sally Franklin, custodian of records at Random House who introduced excerpts of Trump’s books into evidence
  13. Stormy Daniels, porn star who received the $130,000 hush payment at the center of the case
  14. Rebecca Manochio, Trump Organization employee who helped ship checks to Trump for him to sign that make up part of his charges
  15. Tracey Menzies, custodian of records at HarperCollins who introduced excerpts from another of Trump’s books
  16. Madeleine Westerhout, Trump’s White House secretary who confirmed details about Trump signing the checks that partially make up his charges
  17. Doug Dixon, custodian of records at AT&T who introduced Michael Cohen’s phone records into evidence
  18. Jennie Tomalin, custodian of records at Verizon who introduced phone records from people involved in the case
  19. Jaden Jarmel-Schneider, Manhattan DA paralegal who analyzed Michael Cohen’s phones
  20. Michael Cohen, Trump’s ex-fixer who made the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels
In this courtroom sketch, Stormy Daniels testifies on the witness stand as Judge Juan Merchan looks on in Manhattan criminal court, on May 7, 2024, in New York.. A photo of Donald Trump and Daniels from their first meeting is displayed on a monitor. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

Defense witnesses

  1. Danny Sitko, paralegal who works for Trump’s lead defense attorney and introduced various phone records
  2. Robert Costello, lawyer who advised Michael Cohen as federal prosecutors criminally investigated Cohen

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