Judge Juan Merchan on Monday morning detailed the panel's instructions, including reminding the jury that the defendant is presumed innocent unless the prosecution team proves Trump is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. The trial, which is anticipated to last six weeks, will allow jurors to t...
Jurors in former President Donald Trump's New York "hush money" trial have asked for readbacks of the judge's instructions and portions of Michael Cohen and David Pecker's testimonies. Criminal defense attorney Caroline Polisi jo
Judge Merchan told the jury that in order to find the defendant guilty, the prosecutors are required to prove that on or about Feb. 14, 2017, former President Trumppersonally made or caused a false entry in business enterprise, specifically an invoice from his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen...
NEW YORK —Thejury in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trialresumed deliberations Thursday after revisiting portions of the judge’s instructions and rehearing testimony from multiple key witnesses about the alleged scheme at the heart of the history-making...
The jury asked to review several portions of testimony and the judge's instructions Thursday morning before they deliberated behind closed doors for several hours. Here's how the historic day at the courthouse unfolded, from the time the jurors alerted the court that they had reached a verdict:...
That may sound like a mundane subject but it’s quite important, because these instructions are what a jury will use to consider whether special counsel Jack Smith has proved his case beyond a reasonable doubt. (That is, if the Trump-appointed judge ever sets a ...
A judge has rejected Donald Trump’s bid to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial until the Supreme Court rules on the presidential immunity claims he raised in another of his criminal cases.
Judge dismisses jury for the day after over 4 hours, with no verdict yet in Trump hush money trial10:19 Share this - Copied Andrew Weissmann, MSNBC Legal Analyst and Vaughn Hillyard, NBC News Correspondent join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline Whit...
His lawyer Joseph Tacopina told CNBC, “Her claim was that she was raped and the jury rejected it. Perplexing to say the least.” “Obviously we will be appealing,” said Tacopina. He noted that Judge Lewis Kaplan, the trial judge who is not related to Roberta Kaplan, last year had a...
Even if Trump had asked for a jury, the answer would have been "no," the judge said Wednesday.