【新聞填空】 News earlier today （參考答案及慣用語在原文給出）

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits at the （1.defendant ）'s table inside the courthouse as the jury is scheduled to continue deliberations for his （2. hush  ） money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City.

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The New York jurors in former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial filed back into the Manhattan criminal courthouse this morning for a second day of deliberations.

The 12 jurors will need to （3. unanimously   ） agree to either （4. convict    ） or acquit Trump in the first criminal case against a former or sitting U.S. president. And Trump, who is the front-（5. runner  ） for the GOP nomination in the 2024 election, must wait in the building until the jurors are done. This could take several more hours, or more days.

 

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• convict：to decide officially in a law court that someone is guilty of a crime
•  acquit：to decide officially in a law court that someone is not   guilty of a particular crime
• front-runner：In politics, a front-runner is the candidate considered most likely to win an election.