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Trump’s criminal trial to enter deliberations phase after jury receives instructions

Trump’s criminal trial to enter deliberations phase after jury receives instructions

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NEW YORK (AP) The jury in Donald Trump ’s criminal hush money trial has reached a verdict, but they have requested extra time to complete forms related to their decisions on the 34 felony counts the former president faces.

It was the second day of deliberations Thursday after the panel began the weighty task a day before. The jury deliberated for about 9 1/2 hours total: about 4 1/2 hours Wednesday and five hours Thursday.

At the heart of the charges are reimbursements paid to Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen for a $130,000 hush money payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels in exchange for not going public with her claim about a 2006 sexual encounter with Trump.

Prosecutors say the reimbursements were falsely logged as “legal expenses” to hide the true nature of the transactions.

The charges Trump faces are punishable by up to four years in prison. He has denied all wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty.

The case is the first of Trump’s four indictments to reach trial and is the first-ever criminal case against a former U.S. president.

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