Trump trial latest: Former US president's children speak outside court - moments after defence lawyer's 'prison' comment criticised

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Prosecutors and defense lawyers in Donald Trump's New York hush money trial are delivering their closing arguments. The jury could begin deliberating as soon as today to decide whether Trump is guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.

Joshua Steinglass then plays a recording of a conversation between Donald Trump and Michael Cohen, which he describes as"jaw-dropping".

To build on our NBC colleague Gary Grumbach's comments a few minutes ago , those in court are describing a lack of energy amidst the jury. He adds the transaction was an unlawful corporate contribution to the Trump campaign - and not only did Trump know about it, but he actively participated in it as well.In presenting it, prosecutors are isolating certain calls and using zoom functions to highlight them.

He says this again proves that Trump was aware that his representatives and friends were attempting to"catch and kill" negative stories about him - and thus influencing the 2016 election. In one of the more memorable moments of the afternoon, Joshua Steinglass looks to tackle the challenge of proving intent to interfere in the 2016 election head on.

"This scheme cooked up by these men, at this time, could very well be what got Donald Trump elected."" Blanche's story started with the business records and then worked backwards. "No that's not true - they discussed catch and kill plenty. 'Difficult to conceive of a case with more corroboration'

 

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