Jury in Trump hush money trial to hear closing arguments before deliberations

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Trump’s defense team will try to convince jurors he is not guilty “beyond a reasonable doubt,” the standard required by US law. Trump denies Daniels’ allegation of a sexual encounter in 2006 when he was married to his current wife Melania. During cross-examination, Trump’s lawyers got Cohen to discuss his felony convictions and imprisonment, his history of lying and his lingering animosity for his former boss. Cohen also admitted to stealing from Trump’s company.

Prosecutors in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office elevated those charges to felonies, saying Trump falsified those records to disguise what amounted to an illegal campaign contribution: the payment that bought Daniels’ silence about the alleged 2006 sexual encounter at a time when Trump was already facing multiple accusations of sexual misconduct.

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