Trump lawyers facing 'difficult decision' that could lead to change in hush money charges

Before Judge Juan Merchan sends a Manhattan jury off to decide whether Donald Trump is guilty in his hush money trial, the former president's legal team will have to make a decision in a filing that could risk a guilty verdict but that drastically lowers the penalties after conviction.

In a column for the Wall Street Journal, former New York state judge Ethan Greenberg claimed Trump's lawyers could ask the jury to alternatively consider misdemeanor charges against their client instead of the 34 felonies he is now facing...