Transcript for Before deliberations, jury in Manafort trial requests bigger room
There were also breaking developments late today in the trial of Paul manafort. The jury is now deliberating. He could face life in prison if convicted. But late today, that jury with four questions for the judge. What could this signal? ABC’s chief justice correspondent Pierre Thomas at the white house tonight. Reporter: President trump’s former campaign chairman spent today in a courthouse holding cell — waiting. His fate now in the jury’s hands. Before starting their deliberations, those 12 jurors asking for a bigger room, a space large enough to hold carts upon carts of evidence, 388 exhibits in total. Judge Ellis cautioning jurors, “The case must be decided solely by what you heard in court,” adding, “You’re expected to use your common sense.” The phrase common sense invoked by prosecutors, too, in their closing arguments. They accused manafort of hiding millions of dollars from the irs, and defrauding banks into loing him millions more. They charged he moved $60 million through 31 offshore bank accounts, telling the jury, “Use your common sense. Does it make sense that Paul manafort had 31 overseas accounts and he forgot that he had to report them?” But manafort’s attorneys say they’re confident Robert Mueller’s prosecutors did not make their case. The government has not met their burden of proof. Reporter: Soon, six men and women women will decide if that’s true. All right, so, Pierre Thomas on the watch at the courthouse in Virginia again tonight. And Pierre, the jury has now gone home for the day, we know that, but we know they had four questions for the judge, and there was one in particular that stood out to you? Reporter: David, the one that stood out, they asked the judge to define rbl doubt. So, they’re on the case, back at it tomorrow, David. Pierre Thomas at that courthouse tonight.
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