Alright guys, buckle up for day 2 of jury deliberations in Defendant Donald Trump's first criminal trial (of 4). Catch up on the first day of jury deliberations here!
When we signed off yesterday, the jury had requested various segments of testimony from David Pecker and Michael Cohen. They also requested that the judge reread the jury instructions - unclear if it was all of only specific sections. We will get more info when court begins at 9:30am.
JURY QUESTION 3!! - 9:32am
Just moments after court started for the day and the jury is back with 2 requests.
1. Headphones or speakers
2. Clarification about the jury instruction about how to consider evidence and what can be inferred from it. Reference to a metaphor about how if the ground is wet in the AM, you can infer it rained over night.
12:00pm update:
The jurors pared down their request for the instructions and the judge read a significant portion back to them.
Then the jurors had the requested passages of testimony read back to them.
They have returned to deliberations.
4:20pm Update: No Verdict Today!
The jury was excused at 4:30pm and had not come to a verdict. They will be back tomorrow, Friday, for DAY 3 of VERDICT WATCH!
The funniest part, to me, is that Trump has to sit in a boring, empty room in a dingy old courthouse for 8 hours a day until the verdict is reached. This is basically jail for him. HA HA HA.
