They are now reading a portion of Emil Bove’s cross-examination of David Pecker, which focuses on Pecker’s inability to remember precisely when, in August 2015, the Trump Tower meeting took place.

BOVE: “These are things that happened a long time ago, right?

PECKER: “Yes."

Everything the jury is hearing read back from the Pecker testimony this morning is about the alleged conspiracy to influence the election — not a word of this is about the 34 counts of falsifying business records, which is notable.

If the documents aren’t false records — the jury doesn’t even need to reach the question of whether the state has proven the other crime that bumps the charges up to the felony. Pecker was also the first witness, who testified weeks ago at this point, so jurors have heard a lot since that time. But they’ve also heard an instruction telling them they can’t convict Trump on Michael Cohen’s word alone under the law.

As part of Pecker’s account of the August 2015 meeting, he testified that notifying Trump, through Michael Cohen, of negative stories about women or other negative stories that came to their attention, did not help the National Enquirer, as contrasted with the other two components of the agreement, which were mutually beneficial.

The prosecutor had asked him, “The purpose of that part was to benefit the campaign; am I understanding it right?” “That’s right," Pecker said.

This transcript reading is getting into the crux of the jury’s request: who was at the Trump Tower meeting, how the Trump Tower meeting came about, etc.

This transcript portion is about Pecker saying he would notify Michael Cohen if any negative stories about Donald Trump came up.

Prosecutor: "Did you believe that would help Mr. Trump’s campaign?"

David Pecker: "I believe it was a mutual benefit."

The courtroom is packed and a little warm. But most people are rapt. The voices of the “questioner” and “witness” are clear as day, and the only noise in the courtroom is the clickety-clacking of dozens of laptops.

The readers have moved onto the redirect examination of David Pecker by prosecutor Joshua Steinglass.

This is about Pecker telling Cohen to rip up the agreement.

"I told him we were trying to help the campaign and to do that, we were going to keep this as quiet as possible," Pecker said.

This readback is faster than the testimony was on that day because Pecker would speak slower and you don’t have the natural pauses a witness would take after getting asked a question. It’s not a significant detail but explains why they're blowing through the requests.

They're now rereading David Pecker’s testimony on the decision not to finalize and fund Karen McDougal’s life rights. McDougal, a former Playboy model, said she had an affair with Trump, which he denies.

During this testimony, Pecker recalled telling Cohen that he wanted to “tear up” the life rights assignment, and Cohen warned him Trump would be “very mad,” and Pecker confirmed that AMI was never reimbursed for the payment it made to acquire the exclusive life rights to McDougal’s story.

She just reached the part where David Pecker recounted telling Trump, “I think that the story should be purchased, and I think you should buy it.”

That section ends with Trump telling Pecker he will think about it and will have Michael Cohen call him back in a few days.

During this reread, Trump's eyes are closed.