Judge rereads jury instructions in Trump hush money trial as deliberations set to resume

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The jury in former President Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial will soon resume deliberations after asking to rehear potentially crucial testimony about the alleged scheme at the heart…

Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court before closing arguments in his hush money trial in New York, Tuesday, May 28, 2024.

Former President Donald Trump arrives at Manhattan criminal court as jurors are expected to begin deliberations in his criminal hush money trial in New York, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. Former President Donald Trump walks out to speak to reporters as jurors begin deliberations for his trial at the Manhattan criminal court, Wednesday, May 29, 2024, in New York.

is to resume deliberations Thursday after asking to revisit portions of the judge’s instructions and to rehear testimony from multiple key witnesses about the alleged scheme at the heart of the history-making case. In a memo Wednesday evening, Trump campaign senior advisers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles blasted the proceedings as a “kangaroo court” and argued the case would not matter in November.Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records at his company in connection with an alleged scheme to hide potentially embarrassing stories about him during his 2016 presidential election campaign.to silence her claims that she and Trump had sex in 2006.

While the jurors must unanimously agree that something unlawful was done to promote Trump’s election campaign, they don’t have to be unanimous on what that unlawful thing was. In their first burst of communication with the court, jurors asked to rehear testimony from Cohen andwith Trump at Trump Tower, where the tabloid boss agreed to be the “eyes and ears” of his fledgling presidential campaign.

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