“Under our law, Michael Cohen is an accomplice because there is evidence that he participated in a crime based upon conduct involved in the allegations here against the defendant,” Merchan read to jurors
Jury deliberations resumed shortly before noon Thursday in the former President Trump’s hush money trial after the presiding judge honored two juror requests – that he re-read portions of his instructions to them and to have parts of witness David Pecker’s testimony read again to them.
“Under our law, Michael Cohen is an accomplice because there is evidence that he participated in a crime based upon conduct involved in the allegations here against the defendant,” Judge Juan Merchan said in re-reading his reported 55-pages of instructions, which he gave to jurors Wednesday, after closing arguments.
Trump faces 34 felony counts for allegedly trying to falsify business records to conceal a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels for an alleged sexual encounter in 2005 – to keep the matter from being made public during his 2016 presidential bid.
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