Former President Trump's New York hush money trial is in its fourth week, and prosecutors have indicated they are more than halfway through their witness list.

Why it matters: The hush money case is widely seen as the weakest of the four criminal cases Trump is facing, but it appears increasingly likely that it will be the only one to take place before the November election.

The big picture: Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges in his four criminal cases, and with his lawyers, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee has employed various strategies to delay the cases.

Trump's New York hush money case

The trial began in April after being delayed from its previous start date of March 25. Trump is facing 34 felony counts for allegedly falsifying business records to cover up a payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.

• Prosecutors allege that during his 2016 presidential run, Trump okayed his former lawyer Michael Cohen sending hush money to Daniels.
• A New York grand jury indicted Trump in the case in March 2023. Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges in April 2023 and has denied wrongdoing in the case.
• Trump requested the charges against him be dropped in Oct. 2023. Judge Juan Merchan dismissed his bid to dismiss the case in February.

The latest: Judge Juan Merchan on Tuesday rejected Trump's bid for a mistrial after Daniels testified in the case.

• Merchan found Trump in contempt of court for a 10th time this week for violating his gag order in the case, fining him $1,000.
• The judge warned that continued violations could land him in jail.

Trump's classified documents case

Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday indefinitely postponed the case's trial date, pending resolution of a number of pre-trial motions.

Catch up quick: Trump was indicted in June 2023 and charged with 37 felony counts as part of the Justice Department's probe into his handling of classified documents after leaving the White House.

• Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges. Special counsel Jack Smith's office filed a superseding indictment in July 2023 levying new charges against Trump, bringing the number of counts he faces up to 40.
• He pled not guilty to the added charges in August and tried multiple times to delay proceedings.
• Smith had proposed a July 8 start to the trial, which had originally been scheduled to begin in May.

Trump's Georgia 2020 election interference case

An Atlanta grand jury indicted Trump and 18 of his allies last August in an expansive case over alleged efforts to subvert Georgia's 2020 election results. Trump pleaded not guilty that same month.

• Trump's lawyers have engaged in a legal battle over whether District Attorney Fani Willis should be removed from the Georgia case, a development which could derail the case and push the trial's start date past the 2024 election.
• Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee ruled in March that Willis could stay at the helm of the prosecution, though Trump and several of his co-defendants have appealed McAfee's ruling.
• In a win for Trump, a Georgia appeals court on Wednesday agreed to review McAfee's ruling that allowed Willis to stay on the case.

Zoom out: McAfee in March also dismissed several counts against Trump in the case, which was set to go to trial on Aug. 5. The case is in limbo as the proceedings concerning Willis continue.

Trump's Jan. 6 election interference case

Trump was indicted on four counts last August as part of the special counsel's criminal investigation into alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

• In his second federal indictment, Trump was charged with conspiracy to defraud the U.S., conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against rights.
• That same week Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges in the case.

Zoom in: Trump's trial in the federal election subversion case was meant to begin in early March but was postponed indefinitely in February amid an appeal by Trump over his legally untested claims to immunity.

• The Supreme Court agreed in late February to weigh in on whether Trump is immune from prosecution.
• In a March filing to the Supreme Court, Trump's lawyers argued he should be granted immunity in the case because his actions surrounding the Jan. 6 Capitol riot were within the "outer perimeter" of the president's official duties.
• Oral arguments before the Supreme Court began on April 25. Currently, Trump seems poised to win at least a partial victory from the court.
• As such, a trial over Trump's involvement on Jan. 6 is unlikely to begin — let alone end — before the November election.

Go deeper:

• Timeline: The probe into Trump's alleged hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels
• Key players in the Trump New York hush-money case

Editor's note: This story was updated with new developments.