The jury weighing multiple fraud charges against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort passed a note to the judge on Tuesday signaling difficulty reaching consensus on at least one count, as deliberations stretched into their fourth day.

The note passed to Judge T.S. Ellis III asked: "If we cannot come to consensus on a single count...what does that mean for the final verdict?"

Ellis responded that this would not be “exceptional” and said the jury could reach a “partial verdict.”

The 12-member jury is considering 18 charges relating to tax and bank fraud against Manafort.

Defense attorney Kevin Downing asked Ellis if he would tell the jury they have a third option – “hung jury” -- on each of these counts. The prosecution objected to that plan and Ellis agreed.

The jury also asked about how to fill out the sheet with their verdict.

Defense attorneys generally see long deliberations as an indication that jurors disagree about their clients' guilt or have substantive concerns about complicated legal aspects of the case, which could lead to a hung jury, or that they have avoided rushing to judgment. But experts have cautioned that the case against Manafort is complex, and that jurors could simply be taking their time.

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