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Judge's Jury Instructions Could Change Trump Trial Outcome: Jury Consultant

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Closing arguments in Trump’s hush money case will begin Tuesday morning, and the jury will begin deliberations Wednesday.
The judge’s instructions to the jury panel that will decide the outcome of former President Donald Trump’s business fraud case will likely have “a lot of power” on the outcome of the case, according to jury consultant Melissa Gomez.
Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan is coming to a close this week after over four weeks of testimony. The former president is facing 34 charges in connection to a hush money payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels to allegedly keep quiet about an affair she said they had. Prosecutors claim that Trump falsified business records to conceal his involvement in the payment, which was made by Trump’s former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, during the 2016 presidential election.
The former president has pleaded not guilty to all counts involved and denies having an affair with Daniels.
Closing arguments in the case will begin Tuesday morning, and a 12-person jury will begin their deliberations on Wednesday. But prior to handing it off to the panel, presiding Judge Juan Merchan will give jurors instructions on the law governing the case, a topic that was heavily debated by prosecutors and the defense team during the trial last week.

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