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.

Both sides in the case requested that Merchan include certain details in his instructions last week, which the Associated Press said are expected to take about an hour on Wednesday. Trump's attorneys had asked that the judge explain that the hush money payments at the center of the case do not inherently break the law, which prosecutors called 'totally inappropriate.

 

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