Jury deliberations begin in historic Trump hush money trial | ITV News

After listening to 20 days of testimony and a long day of closing arguments, the jury has begun deliberating the fate of Donald Trump in the first-ever criminal trial of a former US president. The jury of seven men and five women who live in Manhattan received the case late Wednesday morning after listening for 75 minutes to instructions by New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan. “The people have a burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt,” Merchan told the jury. “The defendant is not required to prove he is not guilty. The defendant is not required to prove anything.” The jury went home on Wednesday after three-and-a-half hours deliberating and requesting read backs of four sections of trial testimony, as well as some of the judge's instructions; those read backs will occur on Thursday morning. • Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2lOHmNj • Get breaking news and more stories at http://www.itv.com/news Follow ITV News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/itvnews/ Follow ITV News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/itvnews Follow ITV News on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itvnews/