Donald Trump became the first US president to be convicted of a crime following the conclusion of his hush money trial on Thursday.
A jury of seven men and five women deliberated for more than 11 hours before reaching their historic verdict that now leaves Trump potentially facing up to four years in prison.
The former president, the leading Republican candidate for November's US election, will be sentenced on July 11.
Here are six pieces of evidence that contributed to Trump's conviction in the landmark case.
The secret recording
"So, what do we got to pay for this? 150?" Donald Trump is heard saying in a conversation with his lawyer Michael Cohen, unaware that it was being recorded.
He was referring to the $150,000 (£117,000) hush money paid to Playboy model Karen McDougal, who claimed she had a 10-month affair with Trump, a claim he denied.
The payment, along with Trump's discussion of it, helped establish the hush money scheme and Trump's involvement.
David Pecker’s ‘catch and kill’ scheme
David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer magazine, spoke of the “catch and kill” scheme he used to buy negative stories about Trump and bury them.
In a 2015 meeting, Mr. Pecker assured Trump that he would be his “eyes and ears.” He then bought Playboy model Karen McDougal’s silence for $150,000, who claimed she had a 10-month affair with Trump.
Stormy Daniels’ evidence
Stormy Daniels’ evidence demonstrated to the jury why Donald Trump would have wanted to silence her.
In 2006, the pair met at a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. They had a photo taken together, and Trump invited Daniels to his hotel suite where they had sex - although Trump has denied this.
When they said goodbye, he said to her: “It was great. Let's get together again, honey bunch.”
‘Just do it’ - Michael Cohen’s testimony
In October 2016, Daniels had grown frustrated that she had not received the payment and threatened to take the story to a newspaper.
Cohen said that Trump told him: “There's no reason to keep this thing out there. Just do it.”
Cohen said Trump also said of the story itself: “Push it out past the election, because if I win, it has no relevance and if I lose I don't really care."
This statement escalated Trump’s crime to a felony, as it showed intent to commit election fraud.
The bank statement
Handwritten notes by Allen Weisselberg, Trump's chief financial officer, indicate the amounts for Cohen’s reimbursement.
They display the $130,000 hush money figure, with additional amounts added, and then doubled to account for tax liability, as Cohen was in the 50 per cent tax bracket.
The notes, written on Cohen’s First Republic bank statement, show $420,000 to be paid in several cheques of $35,000.
Cohen testified that he saw Mr Weisselberg write on the document and that Trump approved the reimbursement plan.
Hope Hicks
Hope Hicks was the campaign press secretary for Donald Trump in 2016.
Hicks stated that Trump told her Cohen paid off Stormy Daniels out of the “kindness of his own heart” to protect the ex-president “from a false allegation”.
However, Hicks told the court that she found this to be out of character for Cohen, whom she did not know “to be an especially charitable or selfless person”.
This assessment of Cohen weakened Trump’s explanation and defence.
