Jurors in the “hush money” trial against Donald Trump have begun deliberations in the historic criminal trial against the former president — meaning a verdict could come as soon as today.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan gave the jury instructions Wednesday morning, and the seven men and five women on the panel began weighing the case around 11:30 a.m.
Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a $130,000 “hush money” payment his former “fixer” lawyer Michael Cohen made to porn star Stormy Daniels just before the 2016 presidential election.
Jurors at 2:56 p.m. made requests to revisit testimony about:
- National Enquirer publisher David Pecker’s testimony regarding a phone conversation with Donald Trump while Pecker was meeting with an investor in New Jersey
- Pecker's testimony about the decision not to finalize and fund the assignment of Karen McDougal's "life rights"
- Pecker's testimony regarding a key 2015 Trump Tower meeting when he allegedly hatched a "conspiracy" with Trump and Michael Cohen to help Trump get elected
- Cohen's testimony regarding the same Trump Tower meeting
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