evidence: This sparked backlash from some conservatives, some of whom suggested Merchan ruled the jury does not need to be unanimous. However, the jury does need to be unanimous in its verdict, or the trial would result in a hung jury. [...] A post to X (formerly Twitter) from Fox News co-anchor John Roberts went viral across social media in which he stated that Merchan "just told the jury that they do not need unanimity to convict. 4 could agree on one crime, 4 on a different one, and the other 4 on another. He said he would treat 4-4-4 as a unanimous verdict." [...] "People keep harping on this but are missing the context. They have to be unanimous that Trump falsified the records and did so with the intent to commit another crime. They do not have to be unanimous on what the other crime was: that's the rule under NY law," wrote legal analyst Bradley P. Moss.