There's Been Another Twist in Trump's
New York Case
Town Hall,
by
Spencer Brown
Original Article
Posted By: bassetguy,
6/7/2024 6:13:20 PM
Juan Merchan, the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York City, notified the 45th president's defense attorney and a Manhattan prosecutor that there's been another twist — a potentially significant one — following the May 30 verdict finding Trump guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Birddog 6/7/2024 6:20:38 PM (No. 1733250)
They use the term "Cousin of a Trump Juror"....WRONG.
Maybe a "cousin of a Bragg Juror", but if even ONE of the Jurors was a Trump Juror, the case would have never resulted in "Guilty" verdicts.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Vesicant 6/7/2024 6:32:16 PM (No. 1733257)
Who could be surprised that the jurors are either that stupid or that corrupt?
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#2 The whole deal is the second one.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
DVC 6/7/2024 6:39:49 PM (No. 1733259)
Interesting. Are the NYC Demonrats realizing that their "conviction" is helping Trump and trying to find some way to weasel out of it?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Cindiana 6/7/2024 6:42:55 PM (No. 1733262)
Hmmmm...very interesting thought #4 brings forward.
Maybe the judge and prosecution fear a jail sentence is a peril for them. This makes for a convenient out.
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Considering President Trump, as of Tuesday, had raised over $300 million in just 4 days, I can't help but wonder if they're trying to figure out some way out of the verdict.
A verdict that's only helped Trump and Republicans overall. Brought significant numbers of new contributors to the cause, wooed Independents who are seeing an unjust trial, helped illustrate the unjust system many African-Americans have complained about for decades, etc...
And energized the Republican base.
I'm also wondering about how Colangelo obtainted the job. How does someone who's the 3rd ranking member at the DOJ step down to take a prosecutor job for Alvin Bragg? Did they go through the normal public employee hiring processes?
After all, Garland mentioned in testimony in Congress the other day, he presumed he applied for the job.
Which is almost laughable when you consider Colangelo didn't have the courtesy to mention anything to the boss about wanting to leave and take a lower level position elsewhere.
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Censure Merchan, arrest Braggart and disbar “Tish.” NOW.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
RussZilla 6/7/2024 7:35:25 PM (No. 1733277)
This is way too weird for me. Coincidence that it comes out on a Friday, and after the script is written for the evening news. In the offcenter political world we inhabit, it could be a Hail Mary pass. It reminds me of scenes from the movie Wag the Dog. Too bizarre. Too perfect to be questioned. There’s room for people to doubt, and I count myself as one of them. It remains to be seen whether or not it will be found to be the truth, or just another in a series of Rorschach tests of who is on what side.
As Pontus Pilate said to Jesus, “What is truth?”
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
volksford 6/7/2024 7:48:20 PM (No. 1733280)
Could be just a moron running his mouth . I found some of his posts and he is a whack job.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Tet Vet 68 6/7/2024 7:48:38 PM (No. 1733281)
If proven grounds for a mistrial? Just asking...
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Calvinesq 6/7/2024 7:57:24 PM (No. 1733283)
Best running railroad in New York. Make that the entire U.S.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
padiva 6/7/2024 8:08:13 PM (No. 1733285)
verdict remorse by a juror???
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
bamboozle 6/7/2024 8:39:34 PM (No. 1733296)
Is this the new york way?
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A mistrial and a "do-over" would serve the interests of the lawfare gang in a number of ways (e.g., tying Trump up in court again as the campaign heats up.) It would also allow Merchan to avoid examination of his sketchy trial conduct by a higher court.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Californian 6/7/2024 9:34:17 PM (No. 1733316)
This entire lawfare garbage from start to now is all so ridiculous it is impossible to know what's really going on at that level. I just know the whole thing is a farce. Not sure the details really matter.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Nimby 6/7/2024 10:23:32 PM (No. 1733336)
Tainted jury
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Ketchuplover 6/7/2024 10:43:14 PM (No. 1733346)
I love #6's typo: ..."Colangelo obTAINTEDed the job..."
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
mifla 6/8/2024 5:54:05 AM (No. 1733415)
Not sure any juror could be this stupid, and not sure why this took so long to be exposed.
As others have pointed out, a mistrial helps the prosecution more than the defense at this point, so this could be Plan B after Plan A failed.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
JackBurton 6/8/2024 6:38:33 AM (No. 1733433)
the jury was not sequestered precisely so that they could be pressured into their verdict.
Not surprised.
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