AUGUST 2018Cohen pleads guilty to criminal charges in Manhattan federal court, including campaign finance violations over the hush money payments.
DECEMBER 2018Trump, on Twitter, calls the hush money payments a "simple private transaction."
AUGUST 2019Cyrus Vance, the Manhattan District Attorney at the time, issues a subpoena to the Trump Organization - Trump's family real estate company - for records of hush money payments.
Trump himself is not charged with a crime, and the indictment contains no references to hush money payments.
JANUARY 2023Bragg's office begins presenting evidence about Trump's alleged role in the 2016 hush money payments to a grand jury.