Jury begins deliberations in Trump criminal hush money trial
NEW YORK -Jurors in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial began deliberations on Wednesday, retreating behind closed doors to weigh the evidence and testimony they have heard and seen over many weeks.
Justice Juan Merchan told jurors to apply extra scrutiny to Cohen, Trump's former fixer, because he testified he was directly involved in Trump's alleged effort to cover up the payment to porn star Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 election. A guilty verdict could upend the 2024 presidential race, in which Trump, the Republican candidate, is seeking to take back the White House from Democratic President Joe Biden in the Nov. 5 election.
Trump's lawyers have argued that jurors cannot rely on Cohen, a convicted felon with a long track record of lying, to tell the truth.In his closing argument on Tuesday, prosecutor Joshua Steinglass walked jurors through voice messages, emails and other documents that he said backed up Cohen's testimony.
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