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On May 21, 2024, after the defense rested, Judge Juan Merchan held a charging conference on jury instructions in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial. Closing arguments were set for the following week, and deliberations were still days away.
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On May 21, 2024, after the defense rested, Judge Juan Merchan held a charging conference on jury instructions in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial. Closing arguments were set for the following week, and deliberations were still days away.
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On May 21, 2024, after the defense rested, Judge Juan Merchan held a charging conference on jury instructions in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial. Closing arguments were set for the following week, and deliberations were still days away.
Trump’s defense rested on May 21, 2024 without calling him to the stand, and the New York hush-money trial moved into jury-instruction talks ahead of closing arguments scheduled for the following week.
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