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Former President Donald Trump's fate is now in the hands of 12 New Yorkers as jurors deliberate whether he becomes the first American president convicted of a crime.
During jury instructions, Merchan informed jurors that they could not penalize Trump for not testifying as the burden of proof rests with the prosecution. During closing arguments Tuesday, Trump's lawyers attacked the prosecution's star witnesses, especially former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, as liars and asserted the former president could not be convicted of crimes that never occurred. However, the prosecution argued that Trump orchestrated a scheme to illegally falsify business records to cover up damaging stories to influence the 2016 presidential election.
If the jury finds Trump guilty, jurors would not decide his punishment as that would be left to the judge. Trump faces up to four years in prison, but with no criminal record, he could get something less severe like probation.
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