Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media in a New York courthouse hallway on May 29, 2024. Jury deliberations began on May 29, 2024, in Trump’s hush money trial, placing the outcome of the history-making case in the hands of a dozen New Yorkers who have vowed to be fair and impartial in the face of their unprecedented task. The jury of seven men and five women was sent to a private room just before 11:30 a.m. to begin weighing a verdict in the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president. The jurors’ discussions will be secret, though they can send notes to the judge asking to rehear testimony or see evidence. That’s also how they will notify the court of a verdict, or if they are unable to reach one. “It is not my responsibility to judge the evidence here. It is yours,” Judge Juan M. Merchan told jurors. Trump struck a pessimistic tone after leaving the courtroom following an hourlong reading of jury instructions, repeating his assertions of a “very unfair trial” and saying: “Mother Teresa could not beat these charges. These charges are rigged." FULL STORY: https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/nation-world/jury-deliberations-trump-trial/507-c8882587-0665-4c81-b5e9-c16f3fc9c059