The judge in the former President Trump's hush money trial on Thursday honored two requests from jurors – that he re-read parts of his instructions to them and to have parts of the transcript of witness David Pecker's testimony read to them. 

"Under our law, Michael Cohen is an accomplice because there is evidence that he participated in a crime based upon conduct involved in the allegations here against the defendant," said in re-reading his reported 55-pages instructions, which he gave to jurors Wednesday, after closing arguments.

"Our law is especially concerned about the testimony of an accomplice who implicates another in the commission of a crime, particularly when the accomplice has received, expects or hopes for a benefit in return for his testimony," he added.

Merchan also told jurors that "even if you find the testimony of Michael Cohen to be believable, you may not convict the defendant solely upon that testimony unless you also find that it was corroborated by other evidence tending to connect the defendant with the commission of the crime."

Later Thursday morning, court reporters to re-read former testimony from Pecker, the National Enquirer publisher, about a meeting at Trump Tower in 2015, according to CNN.