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A Manhattan jury began deliberations in Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money case, putting the former president one step from an unprecedented felony conviction. The immediate problem for Trump was not just the legal exposure; it was the optics of a candidate trying to run the country while waiting on a verdict in a case built around falsified records and a payoff to keep damaging stories quiet.
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A Manhattan jury began deliberations in Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money case, putting the former president one step from an unprecedented felony conviction. The immediate problem for Trump was not just the legal exposure; it was the optics of a candidate trying to run the country while waiting on a verdict in a case built around falsified records and a payoff to keep damaging stories quiet.
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A Manhattan jury began deliberations in Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money case, putting the former president one step from an unprecedented felony conviction. The immediate problem for Trump was not just the legal exposure; it was the optics of a candidate trying to run the country while waiting on a verdict in a case built around falsified records and a payoff to keep damaging stories quiet.
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