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Closing arguments wrap up in Trump’s hush-money trial: Here’s what to know

Former US President Donald Trump sits at the defence table with his lawyers at the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City [Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP]

Lawyers in New York have presented sweeping, hours-long closing arguments in the unprecedented criminal trial against former United States President Donald Trump, accused of unlawfully covering up hush-money payments made to an adult film actress.

In the coming days, a 12-member jury could make yet another historic decision: whether Trump will be the first former US president in history convicted of a crime.

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