Trump and MAGA Republicans lose their minds over hush money jury instructions

Donald Trump and his fellow MAGA Republicans reacted hysterically over jury instructions in the former president’s hush money trial, spreading misinformation about the process and branding it a “sham.”

After sitting in court to listen to Justice Juan Merchan read the instructions to the jury on Wednesday, he jumped on Truth Social to post false claims about what had actually been said.

“IT IS RIDICULOUS, UNCONSTITUTIONAL, AND UNAMERICAN that the highly Conflicted, Radical Left Judge is not requiring a unanimous decision on the fake charges against me brought by Soros backed D.A. Alvin Bragg,” Mr Trump wrote on Truth Social shortly after 1.30pm on Wednesday after jury deliberations began.

“A THIRD WORLD ELECTION INTERFERENCE HOAX!”

Mr Trump faces 34 counts of having falsified business records to cover up reimbursements to his former attorney Michael Cohen, who allegedly was directed by Mr Trump to pay off Stormy Daniels in the days before the 2016 presidential election to keep quiet about her story about having sex with Mr Trump a decade earlier.

A jury of seven men and five women began deliberating thefirst-ever criminal case of an American president shortly before 11:30am on Wednesday.

In order to find him guilty, jurors must determine that Manhattan prosecutors have proved, beyond a reasonable doubt, that he falsified business records with the intent to commit or conceal a conspiracy to unlawfully influence the 2016 presidential election.

All 12 jurors must be unanimous in delivering a verdict.

The jury must agree that Mr Trump “personally or by acting in concert with a person or other persons, made or contributed to false invoices” and did so with the intent to defraud, and that he conspired to influence the