A Manhattan jury has reached a verdict in the historic criminal hush money case against Donald Trump and are expected to read out the decision shortly.
The 12 jurors — of seven men and five women — reached a decision on the 34-counts of falsifying business records against the former president after starting deliberations on Wednesday, May 29.
The panelists are expected to be brought into the Manhattan Supreme courtroom shortly to announce their verdict.
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee is accused of trying to cover-up that he had his then-lawyer Michael Cohen pay porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 in the lead up to the 2016 election to keep her from going public about claims she once had sex with the married then-candidate.
Prosecutors with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office claimed Trump’s campaign illegally benefitted from the payment to Daniels — which exceeded the legal limit that an individual can make to a candidate.
Trump, 77, has denied the charges and claims he’s the victim of a political witch hunt by Democrats to keep him from getting reelected.
He had to be in Manhattan Supreme Court around four days a week for nearly seven weeks for the criminal trial — the first faced by a former or current US president.
Cohen and Daniels were both key witnesses at trial, each taking the stand for multiple days.
Daniels’ bombshell testimony included graphic detail about how she allegedly had a “brief” sexual encounter with Trump in 2006.