The judge presiding over the hush money trial involving former President Donald Trump excused the jury after more than four hours of deliberations on Wednesday.Trump faces 34 charges of falsifying business records.
During closing arguments Tuesday, Trump's lawyers attacked the prosecution's star witnesses, especially former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, as liars and asserted the former president could not be convicted of crimes that never occurred. However, the prosecution argued that Trump orchestrated a scheme to illegally falsify business records to cover up damaging stories to influence the 2016 presidential election.
Trump complained that the trial has kept him off the 2024 presidential campaign trail. Even so, Trump said he has seen his poll numbers improve since the start of the trial.