Jury in Trump trial to continue deliberating verdict for second day

The assemblage successful erstwhile President Donald Trump's transgression trial successful New York volition resume their deliberations toward reaching a verdict connected Thursday, 1 time aft they received their instructions for deciding the case.

The 12 Manhattan residents who beryllium connected the assemblage met down closed doors for astir 5 hours connected Wednesday. They ended the time by asking to reappraisal respective portions of grounds from 2 witnesses successful the case, David Pecker and Michael Cohen, astir cardinal interactions some men said they had with Trump successful 2015 and 2016. 

The jurors besides asked the justice to repetition the instructions that volition usher their deliberations. The grounds and instructions volition beryllium work successful tribunal erstwhile the assemblage returns astatine 9:30 a.m.

Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying concern records stemming from reimbursements for a "hush money" outgo Cohen made to big movie prima Stormy Daniels earlier the 2016 election. Prosecutors accidental Trump tried to screen up the outgo by disguising the intent of the reimbursements.

The testimony that the jurors asked to review dealt with respective interactions involving Cohen, Trump and Pecker, who was the CEO of American Media Inc., the genitor institution of the National Enquirer. Prosecutors accidental the 3 engaged successful a "catch and kill" strategy to hide antagonistic stories astir Trump.

The assemblage asked to perceive portions of the grounds dealing with Pecker's grounds astir a telephone telephone helium had with Trump; his determination to diminution to transportation to Cohen the beingness rights of a erstwhile Playboy exemplary who said she had enactment with Trump; and a gathering astatine Trump Tower successful 2015. They besides requested Cohen's grounds astir the Trump Tower meeting.