11:27 a.m. ET, May 30, 2024
The jury presented a new note and the judge read back instructions. Here’s the latest
If you are just joining us, here’s what you missed:
- The jury asked for a re-reading of the judge’s instruction starting with how the jury considers facts and what inferences they can be drawn from it, including a metaphor about rain.
- The jury wanted to hear the instructions related to the charges for count one.
- Jurors requested headphones to listen to the evidence laptop. Judge Juan Merchan also said they could have speakers.
Remember: The jury was not given a written copy of Merchan’s charging instructions when they began deliberating yesterday. While most federal judges will send the actual document with the jury as it deliberates, New York state courts forbid this practice.
Testimony reading: After the jury was dismissed yesterday, attorneys for both sides hashed out which sections of testimony would be read to the jurors. Here are the pieces of testimony the jury requested:
American Media Inc. chief David Pecker’s testimony about his phone call with Trump in June 2016
Pecker’s testimony about not finalizing Trump’s payment to AMI for Karen McDougal’s life rights
Pecker’s testimony about the August 2015 Trump Tower meeting
Former Trump fixer Michael Cohen’s testimony about the Trump Tower meeting
The court reporters read the transcript word-for-word, but left out the objections. If an objection was sustained, they skipped over that Q&A.
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