The jury in Donald Trump’s hush money trial has ended its first day of deliberations without a verdict but asked to re-hear potentially crucial testimony about the alleged hush money scheme at the heart of the history-making case. The 12-person jury was sent home about 4pm on Wednesday after about four-and-a-half hours, with the deliberations to resume on Thursday. Jurors also asked to re-hear at least part of the judge’s instructions meant to guide them on the law.
” He remained inside the courthouse during deliberations, where he made a series of posts on his social media network complaining about the trial and quoting legal and political commentators who view the case in his favour. In one all-capital-letters post, he proclaimed he didn’t even “know what the charges are in this rigged case”, even though he was present in the courtroom as the judge detailed them to jurors.