"NY Judge's Jury Instructions in Trump Trial Misrepresented Online"

Social media posts falsely claim that New York Judge Juan M. Merchan told the jury in Trump's hush money trial that they don't need a unanimous verdict to convict. In reality, Merchan instructed that all 12 jurors must unanimously agree on each of the 34 felony counts that Trump falsified business records with the intent to conceal a crime. However, jurors do not need to be unanimous on which specific unlawful means were used.