before deliberations began, judgejuan merchan told jurors they should set aside whatever bias they might have about mr trump, and only consider the evidence presented in court. during the six—week trial the jurors heard from 22 witnesses, including miss daniels, who described in detail the 2006 sexual encounter she says she had with the former president — mr trump denies the affair — and from michael cohen, donald trump's former attorney and fixer, who paid ms daniels $130,000 to allegedly buy her silence shortly before the 2016 presidential election. mr trump said the case against him was built on lies. mother teresa could not beat these charges. - these charges are rigged, the whole thing is rigged. | the whole country's a mess, between the borders - and the fake elections. and you have a triali like this with a judge who's so conflicted, he can't breathe. i he's gotta do hisjob — and it's not for me, i that i can tell you. n-s a disgrace - — and i mean that, motherteresa could not beat those charges, but we'll see. _ mr trump faces 3a charges of falisfying business records,