Jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial will begin deliberating later on whether to return the first criminal conviction of a former president - a momentous decision that could upend the November presidential election.
Jurors in Donald Trump 's hush money trial will begin deliberating later on whether to return the first criminal conviction of a former president - a momentous decision that could upend the November presidential election.
Donald Trump is accused of falsifying business records to reimburse a $130,000 payment to silence adult film actress Stormy Daniels, when her account of an alleged sexual encounter jeopardised his 2016 presidential campaign. "The defendant's intent to defraud could not be any clearer," said prosecutor Joshua Steinglass, urging the jurors to use their"common sense" and return a guilty verdict.
"There was no intent to defraud and beyond that there was no conspiracy to influence the 2016 election," said Mr Trump's lawyer Todd Blanche.
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