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2025 Federal TrialtranscripttranscriptContinue Deliberations Instruction - Day 38 - 2025 Federal TrialAfter the jury reported verdicts on Counts Two through Five but not Count One, the court directed continued deliberations and reminded jurors that any verdict must be unanimous without requiring any juror to abandon an honest conviction.
Maurene R. ComeyMarc A. AgnifiloArun SubramanianTHE COURTMS. COMEYMR. AGNIFILOjury_instructions
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The Court answered jury questions about the distribution element and requested testimony excerpts, then instructed continued deliberations after a partial-verdict note.
Instruction to Continue Deliberations
Jury InstructionJury Instr.Instruction to Continue Deliberations

THE COURT: Please be seated. Welcome back, members of the jury. Thank you for all your hard work. I've received your note that you have reached verdicts on Counts Two through Five but not on Count One. I ask at this time that you keep deliberating. In doing so, I will remind you of the instructions I gave you yesterday. It is your duty as jurors to consult with one another and to deliberate with a view to reaching an agreement. Each of you must decide the case for himself or herself, but you should do so only after a consideration of the case with your fellow jurors, and you should not hesitate to change an opinion when convinced that it is erroneous. Discuss and weigh your respective opinions dispassionately, without regard to sympathy, without regard to prejudice or favor for either party, and follow my instructions on the law. Again, your verdict must be unanimous, but you are not bound to surrender your honest convictions concerning the effect or weight of the evidence for the mere purpose of returning a verdict or solely because of the opinion of other jurors. Each of you must make your own decision about the proper outcome of this case based on your consideration of the evidence and your discussions with your fellow jurors. No juror should surrender his or her conscientious beliefs for the purpose of returning a unanimous verdict. Thank you. At this time, I'll ask you to return to the jury room. If you are done for the day with your deliberations, you may send us another note and we'll bring you back here very briefly, and you'll be able to go home at that time. Again, I thank the jury for all their hard work.

(Jury not present)

THE COURT: Be seated. Everyone can go back to doing whatever they were doing. I'm only sitting here because we may get a note in the next few minutes. All right. We've received a note from the jury that they are completing their deliberations for the day and will resume tomorrow at 9 a.m. So with that, we will bring out our jury.

(Jury present)

THE COURT: Please be seated. Very briefly, again, thank you, jury, for all your hard work. I'll give you just a reminder of the instructions I gave you yesterday, which is I won't be bringing you out in the morning tomorrow, so you'll go directly into the jury room. Do not start your deliberations until all 12 of you are there. If all 12 of you have are not there, then you can talk about the sports, weather, anything else, but not anything concerning this case. Also, remember to keep an open mind as you continue your deliberations, and no communications with each other about the case in the meantime until you recommence your deliberations. No communications with anybody else about anything concerning this case. And please do not watch, read or look up anything concerning this case in the meantime. With that, I wish you all a great evening. And we'll be seeing each other tomorrow. If there's a note earlier in the day, it will be sooner than later. But I wish you a great evening, and we'll see you tomorrow.

(Jury not present).

THE COURT: Please be seated. Anything further to address before we adjourn today?

MS. COMEY: No, your Honor.

MR. AGNIFILO: No, your Honor. Thank you.

THE COURT: All right. So we'll see everyone tomorrow. Again, if there are any issues to address before the jury starts, let us know by this evening so that we can all come back early before the jury starts. Otherwise, have a great evening, everyone.

(Adjourned to July 2, 2025, at 8:30 a.m.)

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