Trump Trial Latest: Jury Wants to Review 4 Things Before Rendering Verdict

They also want the judge to rehear the judges instructions on deliberations

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The jury in the Donald Trump hush money trial will begin a second day of deliberations on Thursday.

They have already sent notes to the judge asking to rehear testimony about the alleged hush money scheme and to rehear the judge's instructions.

The first note asked to rehear four parts of the testimony.

The first request centers around former tabloid publisher David Pecker's testimony. They want to review what he said about one phone conversation with Trump.

The second was when Pecker talked about the decision not to finalize and fund buying the rights to Karen McDougal's life.

The third jury readback request was about David Pecker's testimony about the Trump Tower meeting. The prosecution and defense are arguing over how much of the testimony to turn over to jurors. The defense wants to limit the amount.

Prosecutors want an extra page of testimony explaining what happened after the meeting and how the plan was carried out, CNN reported.

The judge might have to step in and decide on the exact amount they get if the two sides can't come up with an agreement.

The fourth centers around Michael Cohen's testimony regarding the Trump Tower meeting.

A second note came a short time later asking to rehear the judge's jury instructions.

"We the jury request to rehear the judge's instructions," the note read.

Jurors deliberated for about 4 1/2 hours on Wednesday. They were due to start again at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday and could deliberate as late at 6 p.m. if they chose to, Judge Juan M. Merchan instructed them. The court usually ends for the day at 4:30 p.m.

The jury could decide to convict him on all charges, some charges or acquit him.

All 12 members of the jury have to agree on any decision. If they deadlock, Merchan could declare a mistrial and prosecutors would have to decide if they want to retry Trump.

If found guilty, Trump could face up to four years in prison but it was unclear if prosecutors would seek to jail him.

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