“Your honor, if we cannot come to a consensus on a single count, how should we fill in the jury verdict form for that count,” the note said, according to U.S. District Court Judge T.S. The “third option should be hung as to each count,” said Downing, who added that the jury “shouldn’t be misled” into thinking that a hung jury is inappropriate. [Closing arguments in Manafort trial]Manafort’s trial in Alexandria, Va., began three weeks ago, and the jury began deliberating on Thursday. At the time of Tuesday’s note, jurors had deliberated about 25 hours in total. The president has repeatedly spoken out publicly in support of Manafort, both at the trial’s outset and during jury deliberations.

Source: Washington Post August 21, 2018 15:57 UTC