Trump jury deliberations begin
Donald Trump’s case is now with the jury, which will have decide unanimously whether Trump made or caused the falsification of business records with the intent to commit a second crime.
The prosecution’s case is that the second crime was a violation of New York election law, which makes it a crime to “promote the election of any person to public office”.
The jury, per the instructions, does not have to be unanimous on what unlawful means Trump used to violate election law – whether it was a campaign contribution limit violation, whether it was a tax laws violation, or whether other business records were falsified to cover up the crime.
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Jury begins deliberations
The jury was instructed to start deliberating just before 11:30am ET and left the courtroom.
Judge Juan Merchan sent jurors back into the jury room to start deliberating.
Two more jurors are going to return to his courtroom for instructions on how to use a laptop with evidence during deliberations.
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