NEW YORK — The jury in the criminal hush money trial of Donald Trump faces the difficult task of deciding a former president’s guilt or innocence without the help of paper copies of instructions the judge gave.

A significant portion of the 55-page instructions were reread for the 12 jurors on the second day of their deliberations over the verdict. While the public can access the written guidelines at any time, jurors are not allowed to check these complicated instructions unless they agree to ask Judge Juan Merchan to read them aloud.