evidence: Judge Juan Merchan held a pre-charge conference on Tuesday afternoon to help attorneys determine how the instructions to jurors will look when they come back. Trump has been charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in relation to the $130,000 paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election. Trump has pleaded not guilty. [...] Additionally, Trump's team wanted Merchan to add to the phrase "for the purpose of influencing any election" and tell jurors that such influence would require "proof that the activity clearly and unambiguously related to President Trump's campaign." Merchan said doing so would further confuse the jury and that there would be other language in his instructions aimed at making that distinction. [...] Merchan also won't be instructing jurors about any advice of counsel argument—a defense Trump's team previously tried to argue. Trump attorney Emil Bove tried Tuesday to revive the argument, saying that the involvement of lawyers would bear on Trump's intent, but Merchan shut him down, calling him "disingenuous" for trying to raise it again and warned him not to repeat the argument.