What a hung jury would mean for Trump

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The jury in Donald Trump’s hush money case was deliberating into Thursday afternoon over whether to convict or acquit the former president of charges that he falsified business records, but a hung jury is a third possible outcome.

A hung jury occurs when jurors cannot reach a unanimous decision, which happens even if just one person on the jury panel disagrees with the verdict.

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