Trump trial live updates: Jurors to begin second day of deliberations in hush money case

Having had all of the asked testimony learn again to them, jurors have now returned to the jury room to proceed deliberations.

They now have each audio system and headphones to relisten to audio proof.

The day before today, the jury deliberated between 11.30am and 4pm.

And after all, right here’s Alex Woodward’s reporting at the jury’s fourth query, this year referring to Michael Cohen’s testimony concerning the Trump Tower assembly:

“Trump wanted to rely on the ‘power’ of tabloid giant National Enquirer and its placement in ‘supermarkets and bodegas’ to place ‘positive stories’ about him and ‘negative’ ones about his rivals, according to Cohen.

“What [Pecker] said was that he could keep an eye out for anything negative about Trump and that he would be able to help us know in advance about what was coming out for us to stop it from coming out,” in keeping with Cohen.

“Cohen also said he would lead that effort on Trump’s behalf. And he would show Trump the results, ‘so that he knew that David was loyal, on board, and doing everything he said he would do from that August meeting,’ Cohen testified.”

Right here’s what Alex Woodward prior to now reported in regards to the jury’s 3rd query about Pecker’s testimony relating to his assembly at Trump Tower:

“The former American Media Inc CEO joined Cohen and Trump during a now-infamous meeting in August 2015 at Trump Tower in Manhattan, where he was asked ‘what can I do and what could my magazines do to help the campaign’, Mr Pecker recalled.

“I said what I would do is I would run or publish positive stories about Mr Trump and publish negative stories about his opponents,” he stated.

“I would also be the eyes and ears.”

“But when it came to any tips about women selling stories about Trump, Pecker ‘would notify Michael Cohen, and he would be able to have them killed in the magazine, or not be published, or somebody would have to purchase them,’ he said.”

Right here’s what Alex Woodward prior to now reported in regards to the jury’s 2d query about Pecker’s testimony, this one about his choice no longer finalize the moment rights of Karen McDougal:

“[David] Pecker stressed that he worked with [Michael] Cohen to buy the rights to [Karen] McDougal’s story ‘so it wouldn’t be published by any other organisation’.

“We didn’t want the story to embarrass Mr Trump or embarrass or hurt the campaign,” he added.

“When Trump requested that American Media transfer the rights to McDougal’s story in September 2016, Cohen established a shell company that sent an invoice for the ‘agreed upon “flat fee” for advisory services and products’.

“Pecker admitted that the transaction was not for that at all.

“It was for the lifetime rights to the Karen McDougal story,” he stated.

“Pecker told Cohen that the deal was off after his conversations with counsel about the transaction, according to Pecker.

“He was very, very angry, very upset, screaming basically at me, Pecker said.

“Michael Cohen said ‘the boss will be very angry with you.’ I said, ’I’m sorry, I’m not going forward, the deal is off,’ he added. “He said, ‘I can’t believe it. I’m the lawyer, I’m your friend.’

“American Media has never been reimbursed for the payment, according to Pecker.”

Right here’s what Alex Woodward reportedly prior to now relating to the jury’s first query the day gone by: ex-Nationwide Inquirer writer David Pecker’s testimony a couple of key telephone dialog with Trump.

“[Karen] McDougal turned down an initial offer of $10,000 to buy the rights to her story, according to Pecker.

“She said she didn’t want to be the next Monica Lewinsky,” Pecker stated. “He felt that she had been more interested in having American Media buy the story than anyone else.”

“Trump then called Pecker himself, he said.

“I spoke to Michael,” Pecker recalled Trump announcing on the year. “Karen is a nice girl… What do you think I should do?”

“I said, ‘You should buy the story and take it off the market,’”Mr Pecker stated. ‘I believed the story was true. I think it would have been very embarrassing for himself and for his campaign.’

“Cohen then called Pecker to negotiate a deal, according to Pecker.

“Who’s going to pay for it?” he requested Cohen. “He said, ‘Don’t worry, I’m your friend, the boss will take care of it.’

“A subsequent contract with McDougal granted her a monthly column on aging and fitness for Star magazine, another one for OK magazine, four posts a month on Radar Online, and an agreement that Pecker’s American Media Inc would provide her with ghost writers, according to an agreement shown in court.

“But it granted the company ‘limited life story rights’ that are limited to ‘any romantic, personal and/or physical relationship McDougal has ever had with any then-married man.’”

The parts of testimony the jury requested to re-hear are being learn out raucous by way of two courtroom journalists.

Each are ladies. Each have superb Fresh York accents. Each talk obviously.

The primary courtroom reporter has a softer rather upper tone than her assistant, who has a rather decrease and raspier tone. She’s enjoying David Pecker at this time.

The second one speaker is sitting at the observer be on one?s feet. She has greyish hair, only a tiny longer than shoulder area, and glasses with a army or lightless blazer and a white blouse.

Trump’s head is tilted, just about on his proper shoulder, and his frame is totally slumped in a type of relaxed maroon chairs as Pass judgement on Merchan reads out the jury directions.

Right here’s a collection of lately’s dozen of courtroom footage: