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Jonas Bromwich
The hearing is adjourned for the day. The judge did not determine exactly which parts of the transcript, such as David Pecker’s testimony, would be read aloud. We’ll find out tomorrow. The paintings will begin at 9:30 a. m.
Jonas Bromwich
The only component in dispute considers David Pecker’s testimony about this assembly. Prosecutors need the testimony being reread to come with Pecker’s comments that he relayed the discussion in the assembly to Dylan Howard, who was then editor of the National Enquirer.
Jonas Bromwich
As I understand it, prosecutors say the rereading also deserves to include the part of Pecker’s testimony in which he asked Howard to tell other National Enquirer workers that they deserved to tell him any Trump story. Pecker also testified that he told Howard that the Enquirer workers deserve to inform Michael Cohen about the settlement.
Jonas Bromwich
The ruling notes that there was also key testimony immediately afterward: in which Pecker told Howard to keep the agreement secret. This could help prosecutors prove that there were fraud intentions on the part of the conspirators, who they say are coming with Trump.
Jonas Bromwich
The ruling seemed to be taking a resolution here, but it’s hard to follow. We’ll soon know for sure, either when we get a transcript tonight or when jurors read that testimony tomorrow.
Maggie Haberman
Nor is there a war of words over the jurors’ fourth request, which concerns Michael Cohen’s testimony about an August 2015 meeting he had at Trump Tower with David Pecker and Trump.
Jonas Bromwich
There is no war of words over the second request, which is based on David Pecker’s testimony about financial deals similar to Karen McDougal’s secret deal.
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Jonas Bromwich
There is no war of words over the jurors’ first request, namely David Pecker’s testimony related to a call he had with Trump in June 2016.
Jonas Bromwich
The issue of passing the trial on is back in the dock. He asks the lawyers: “Where are we? Joshua Steinglass, a prosecutor, says that while they have “made a lot of progress,” they will want the judge to help them determine which parts of the transcript want to be read back to the jury.
You’ll recall that jurors asked for four other parts: three of them were the testimony of David Pecker, a former editor of the National Enquirer, and another of Michael Cohen, Trump’s former fixer.
Maggie Haberman
Trump’s lead attorney, Todd Blanche, asked Judge Merchan if Trump could simply wait across the aisle while the two sides figured out the applicable parts of testimony that jurors were to hear. Trump and Blanche then smiled and joked at the defense table for a few minutes. . Trump, despite everything, stood up and left his lawyers behind.
Maggie Haberman
Trump’s legal adviser, Boris Ephsteyn, who has been described as the date handler between Trump and Blanche, whom he helped bring Trump onboard, now stands at the door leading to the courthouse, whispering furiously to Blanche.
Jonas Bromwich
In the end, we do know what to do with jury requests to hear some of the testimony and some or all of the judge’s orders on the law. But we do know one thing. Here’s how it works.
Jurors ask to hear rereadings of testimony, and especially given the complexity of the law in this case – and perhaps, given the fact that there are two attorneys on the jury – it makes perfect sense that they would need to hear from the jury. instructions as well.
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Jonas Bromwich
The ruling gives jurors the recommendation it regularly gives them before excusing them for the day, telling them not to talk to other people about the case or read more, or other orders. Then he fires them. We will not get a verdict today.
Jonas Bromwich
The judge said that the rereading of the relevant testimonies, which have not yet been located in their entirety, will take about an hour. He also asked them if they wanted to hear all or part of the jury’s orders again. He says: They can talk about it in private.
Jonas Bromwich
The jurors have returned and the judge reads aloud the two notes sent to them as they sit in the jury box. It’s remarkable to look at those 12 jurors and think that they privately deliberated on whether or not Trump was at fault. fault.
Jesse McKinley
Donald Trump Jr. , the former president’s eldest son, is sitting in the courtroom, in a relaxed pose: his tie untied, some buttons on his blouse unbuttoned and his arm resting on the bench next to him.
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Jonas Bromwich
The ruling on returns to the dock. He addressed the lawyers, specifying that the members of the jury had sent a note at 3:51 p. m. Jurors also asked to hear the jury’s ruling again.
Jonas Bromwich
Judge Merchan says he will take jurors back to the courtroom, tell them that attorneys are racing to identify transcripts they feel are applicable to initial jury requests, and explain that they need to hear all jury orders, which would take some time. – or express portions.
Jonas Bromwich
Typically, when jurors ask to hear testimony, they return to the courtroom and the corresponding amounts of the transcript are read aloud through the court’s stenotypists. Sometimes court reporters laugh a little at this, making impressions and imitating accents. You’ll be surprised to see that here. The court reporter is already on the witness stand, waiting for the jury.
Maggie Haberman
When Judge Merchan addressed the note to prosecutors and defense attorneys, he asked if it was appropriate to place the alternates where they were in the jury box, rather than in the front row, since that room is packed. No one objected.
Jonas Bromwich
Jurors asked to hear two more parts of David Pecker’s testimony. The first relates to the phone call he said he had with Trump at an investor meeting in June 2016, in which Trump claimed he knew Karen McDougal.
Jonas Bromwich
The timing turns out to be Pecker’s resolve not to get reimbursement from Trump for his secret deal with McDougal. The wording of the jury is unclear, so this is the only request that we are not entirely sure about at this time.
Jonas Bromwich
On the face of it, the jury’s decision on David Pecker, a witness who gave a damning testimony opposed to Trump, is a bad sign for the defense. On the other hand, it seems necessary to compare the testimony of Michael Cohen, whom the defense has tried to describe as a liar, with that of Pecker.
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Jonas Bromwich
The trial is back in the dock. He explains that the jurors sent a note, signed through the president, at 2:56 p. m. The juries have 4 requests.
Jonas Bromwich
Three of the requests relate to the testimony of David Pecker, a former editor of the National Enquirer and the first witness to testify for the prosecution, which prosecutors say was part of a plot to suppress negative news stories on Trump’s behalf in the 2016 election. One of them takes into consideration the testimony of Michael Cohen, the last witness for the prosecution, who is also said to have participated in this plot.
Jonas Bromwich
Jurors must hear testimony from either man about the Trump Tower meeting, in which Pecker said the two men made the deal with Trump himself. Maybe they’re looking to compare their stories.
Maggie Haberman
Trump has just returned, alerted as he sat in his detention room, with his entourage.
Miguel Oro
Asked in the hallway outside the courtroom how he felt as the jury deliberated, Trump simply raised his fist and clenched it, a gesture he made during the trial as he tried to assign his strength to the media while avoiding questions.
Jonas Bromwich
Prosecutors returned to the courtroom a while after a phone rang. Typically, this type of phone call in the middle of a deliberation means that jurors have sent a note. The paralegals sitting in the front row look on excitedly, as does one of the prosecutors. .
Maggie Haberman
Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, is there.
Jonas Bromwich
The jurors glided for more than 3 hours and sent no notes, indicating that the deliberations have not yet raised questions that they have not been able to answer among themselves. They’ll plan today until at least 4:30 p. m. , but they would. possibly to leave later. We’ll see.
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William K. Rashbaum
There is nothing special about the oblong room.
Its lighting is cruel and its furniture is institutional. But it has one quality: It’s giant enough to accommodate 12 other people around a long table.
It was here that jurors in the first trial for crimes against a U. S. president began assessing the fate of Donald J. And this is where, through it all, they will vote on whether to convict him of all, some or none of the 34 charges against him come from a secret cash scheme.
The walls are painted in a shade that is described more as municipal. A long convention table is surrounded by chairs on wheels, whose worn seats and backs are covered in dark-colored fabric, according to other people who have seen the room.
Located next to a small lobby of the courtroom, it is a few steps from the jury box and has a door at each end; There are two bathrooms.
Judge Juan M. Merchán’s jury room is nothing compared to the imposing Art Deco construction of the Criminal Court, with granite and limestone cladding, which was completed in 1941 and houses dozens of rooms that line its long and wide marble-clad corridors. whiteboards and flat screens on which jurors can view documents and other evidence.
A bailiff will remain on guard outside the courtroom while jurors deliberate. They may ring the officer when they want to send a note to the judge about sending questions or requests for review of testimony. (Once the officer enters, jury deliberations will have to cease. ) Copies of the notes are provided to the defense and the prosecution, and the judge reads them aloud in open court.
There is no way of knowing how long it will take jurors, whose names have not been made public, to reach a verdict or conclude that they are hopelessly deadlocked. But while they planned in their hideout, the former president and his lawyers, as well as prosecutors, will have to stay close to the courthouse, as they still have no choice to wait.
Susanne Craig
As the jury deliberates, the scene outside the courthouse is quieter than yesterday. The street outside is covered with TV reporters and the teams that support them. There are several hundred people.
The trial has sparked interest around the world. The park in front of the courthouse drew protesters from all sides. This team makes a lot of noise: they shout and use cowbells to interrupt live broadcasts. Nowadays there is nothing like that.
Kate Christobek
As in all trials, it is unclear how long the jury’s deliberations will last. It is not unusual to wait days or even weeks to get a verdict. We will be in court while we wait and will continue to provide updates as we have them.
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Kate Christobek
For more than weeks, the 12 unnamed jurors in the criminal trial of Donald J. Trump in Manhattan heard the judge’s opening statements, testimony, closing arguments and final instructions.
Its deliberations have already begun. Jurors walked out Wednesday, closing the doors of an oblong and banal courtroom and began debating whether the first president to be fraudulently prosecuted had committed criminal crimes.
The first juror elected is the president and will likely lead the jury’s deliberations. Your opinion and your vote are not more important than those of others.
While the jury is deliberating, it is not unusual to wait days or even weeks to get a verdict. Prosecutors have charged Trump with 34 counts of tampering with business records, similar to a secret $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels on the eve of the 2016 election. .
The jury’s verdict on each count (guilt or no guilt) will have to be unanimous.
During their deliberations, jurors will likely review notes, signed through the presiding judge, to ask questions of the court or to have a witness’s testimony read to them. Jurors also have access to a computer containing trial evidence that they can refer to. their deliberations.
If one of the 12 jurors is unable to continue deliberating for any reason, a substitute will intervene. The six alternates attended the trial and remain in place to be able to participate if necessary.
Trump will also have to remain inside the courtroom while the jury deliberates.
If the jury finds him guilty of at least one of the charges, the ruling will convict Mr. Trump at a later date. But if they conclude that he is not guilty of all the charges against him, Trump will be acquitted.
If jurors fail to reach a decision, they will inform the judge, who will inspire them to continue their deliberations. If they remain deadlocked, the judge can simply declare the trial a mistrial, and the prosecutors then have to decide whether to reopen the case.
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