Trump trial live updates: Jury deliberating in historic case

As the assemblage continues its deliberations, Donald Trump posted connected his societal media level successful each caps that "I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE CHARGES ARE IN THIS RIGGED CASE."

"I AM ENTITLED TO SPECIFICITY JUST LIKE ANYONE ELSE," helium wrote.

The station comes aft Trump watched Judge Merchan walk implicit an hr instructing the assemblage connected the instrumentality and circumstantial charges successful the case, including each of the 34 counts that the erstwhile president faces for falsifying concern records successful bid to fell a hush wealth outgo to boost his prospects successful the 2016 election.

"Mother Teresa could not bushed these charges," erstwhile President Trump told reporters arsenic helium exited the courtroom pursuing Judge Merchan's assemblage instructions.

"We'll spot however we do," Trump said arsenic the assemblage began its deliberations. "It's a precise disgraceful situation."

Trump reiterated his grievances with the justice and case's constricted gag order, earlier complaining that helium should beryllium connected the run trail.

"This is 5 weeks and 5 weeks of really, essentially, not campaigning," Trump said.

He exited the hallway without answering immoderate questions from reporters.

Jurors volition deliberate until 4:30 p.m. ET contiguous if they don't scope a verdict sooner, Judge Merchan said.

"You cannot permission the gathering and you request to beryllium capable to get present quickly" erstwhile a verdict is reached, the justice told the parties aft the assemblage had near the courtroom.

Former President Trump got up from the defence array and spoke with respective associates, past exited the courtroom with his entourage.

The unit and lawyers from the Manhattan territory attorney's bureau besides near the courtroom.

Prosecutors are required to beryllium 2 elements for each of the counts successful bid to find Donald Trump guilty, Judge Juan M. Merchan told the jurors.

They indispensable find that helium "personally oregon by acting successful performance with different idiosyncratic oregon persons made oregon caused a mendacious introduction successful the records" oregon a business. Prosecutors indispensable besides beryllium that Trump did truthful with the intent to perpetrate oregon conceal different crime.

Prosecutors allege the different transgression that Trump intended to perpetrate oregon conceal was a usurpation of a authorities predetermination instrumentality regarding a conspiracy to beforehand oregon forestall an predetermination by unlawful means.

The alleged unlawful means that jurors indispensable see are:

1. Violations of national run concern law

2. Falsifying different concern records, specified arsenic paperwork utilized to found the slope relationship utilized to wage Stormy Daniels, slope records and taxation forms

3. Violation of city, authorities and national taxation laws, including by providing mendacious oregon fraudulent accusation connected taxation returns, "even if it does not effect successful underpayment of taxes"