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CNN's Daniel Dale fact-checks the speech former President Donald Trump made while the jury deliberated during his hush money trial, where he claims the charges he is facing are rigged.

The jurors in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial sent two notes today: one requesting to re-hear the judge's jury instructions and one asking to be read back testimony from witnesses Michael Cohen and David Pecker. Former Trump attorney Tim Parlatore joins CNN's Jake Tapper to discuss.

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(WASHINGTON) — Justice Samuel Alito is rejecting calls to step aside from Supreme Court cases involving former President Donald Trump and Jan. 6 defendants because of the controversy over flags that flew over his homes. In letters to members of Congress on Wednesday, Alito said his wife was responsible for flying an upside-down flag over his home in 2021 and an “Appeal to Heaven” flag at his New Jersey beach house last year. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Neither incident merits his recusal, he wrote. “I am therefore duty-bound to reject your recusal request,” he wrote. The court is considering two major cases related to the Jan.

(NEW YORK) — Jury deliberations began Wednesday in Donald Trump’s hush money trial, putting the outcome of the historic case in the hands of a dozen New Yorkers who have vowed to be fair and impartial in the face of their unprecedented task. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The jury of seven men and five women was sent to a private room just before 11:30 a.m.

The closing arguments for Donald Trump’s hush-money trial have ended and a jury now decides Trump’s fate in a Manhattan courtroom. But in many ways, it is truth itself that is on trial. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] For the past several weeks, jurors have heard arguments regarding Trump’s alleged attempt to disinform Americans and sway the 2016 presidential election by falsifying business records and concealing hush-money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.