Final day of Trump trial whiplashes from sleepy courtroom to historic verdict

For most of Thursday, there were few signs of life from the jury in Donald Trump’s hush money trial.

That all changed shortly after 4 p.m. when the panel of 12 New Yorkers delivered a note to the judge saying they had reached a verdict in the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president.

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The jury foreperson read the verdict aloud just feet from Trump, who has spent more than six weeks in court listening to testimony from 22 witnesses. Moments earlier, Trump and his legal team were in good spirits, with defense attorney Todd Blanche laughing and Trump smiling.

It took the jury less than two days to find Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.

Here's what happened on Day 23 — the final day — of Trump's hush money trial:

Reading the tea leaves

Before it resumed deliberations Thursday, the jury re-heard testimony it had requested from former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker and Michael Cohen, Trump’s onetime lawyer and "fixer," who was the star witness for the prosecution.

“The fact that they’re asking those questions is a good sign,” Alina Habba, a legal spokesperson for Trump, told NBC News after the jurors asked to review the testimony. Habba said it could indicate disagreement.

“You don’t want a quick turnaround,” she said, referring to a verdict.

Trump's aides and allies swirled around the courthouse. Inside the courtroom, Trump’s son Eric sat behind his father, flanked by advisers like Boris Epshteyn and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, a top contender to join Trump on the GOP ticket this fall.

The jury had also requested to re-hear part of the instructions state Judge Juan Merchan delivered to them the