The bombshell moments in Cameron Ortis's national security trial, so far

Crown prosecutors have spent the past five weeks laying out their case against Cameron Ortis in an unprecedented trial.

They allege he used his position as director of a highly-sensitive unit within the RCMP to attempt to sell intelligence gathered by Canada and its Five Eyes allies to police targets.

Ortis, who has pleaded not guilty to all charges against him, has also started to tell the jury his side of the story.

His defence team says he was acting with authority.

Here are some of the standout moments in the trial so far.

In one of the biggest bombshells to land in the case so far, defence lawyer Mark Ertel told the jury earlier this week that Ortis protected Canada from "serious and imminent threats" and was acting on information sent by a foreign agency.

Ertel said Ortis not only acted with authority, but did so to protect Canada.

"His actions were in large part a result of secret information communicated to him by a foreign agency," he said.

"Cameron Ortis is no enemy of Canada."

Ertel also said Ortis will be limited in what he can share with the court due to security concerns. He also said his client doesn't have access to his old work emails.

"He has one hand tied behind his back," said Ertel.

The jury has been shown redacted intelligence reports explaining Canada's role in investigating a multi-billion dollar international money laundering network.

Around 2015, the Five Eyes alliance — an intelligence sharing network made up of the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand — had identified a common international threat: Altaf Khanani.

The U.S. government says Khanani's network laundered illicit funds for organized crime and terrorist outfits, including al-Qaeda and the Taliban.