Jury deliberations resume today in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial. Yesterday, New York Judge Juan Merchan delivered jury instructions for an hour and reminded jurors of their promise to be impartial. Guilty or not, a new NPR poll shows the trial's outcome won't impact most people's votes. Two-thirds of respondents said a guilty verdict would make no difference. Three-quarters said the same of a not guilty verdict. Another 15% said a guilty verdict would make them more likely to vote for Trump.

🎧 NPR's Domenico Montanaro tells Up First that respondents had very different takes on the trial. One told NPR producer Janet Woojeong Lee that the trial affirmed for him that nobody should vote for Trump. Another called the trial a "farce." Montanaro says this is the world we live in. "People have very different views of our politics…especially of Donald Trump. And those views are, for the most part, very locked in."
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/30/g-s1-1775/up-first-briefing-trump-trial-verdict-pandas-heading-to-D.C