Donald Trump likens himself to Mother Teresa as jury weighs fate in hush money case

Jurors deliberated for approximately four-and-a-half hours and were sent home at 4pm

Former President Donald Trump, flanked by attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove, appears at Manhattan criminal court as jurors are expected to begin deliberations in his criminal hush money trial in New York. Picture: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via AP, Pool

Donald Trump’s criminal hush money case in New York inched towards its conclusion on Wednesday with jury deliberations starting just before 11.30am local time.

Right after jurors began weighing the former president’s fate, Trump railed against the proceedings and compared himself to a saint, saying in the hallway: “Mother Teresa could not beat these charges. The charges are rigged. The whole thing is rigged.”