Why would Judge Merchan want to draw public attention to this?
Posted on 06/07/2024 10:11:51 PM PDT by lasereye
There’s just something very sketchy about this public release of information from Judge Merchan in New York City. Merchan doesn’t have an integrity bone and the comment he is bringing attention toward is innocuous and random. However, Merchan could be trying to get Trump to violate the gag order aspect and talk about jurors; thereby making the sentencing worse.
According to information Merchan is providing the lawyers in the Trump case, a comment was made on the court’s FaceBook page indicating one of the jurors said the Trump guilty verdict was predetermined. [SOURCE] “My cousin is a juror and says Trump is getting convicted. Thank you folks for all your hard work!!!”
Why would Judge Merchan want to draw public attention to this?
Either something bigger is being diluted by this story, or perhaps Merchan is using it as a provocation to get Trump to talk about the jury and violate his gag order ahead of sentencing.
Or, perhaps Merchan is looking to create a mistrial to exit the case, or do it over again and extend the gag order. Also, why not include the entire quote from the Facebook Page: 
Not sure what’s going on, but something. Something….
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Suspicious Cat remains, well, suspicious. 
My daughter is a paralegal. When she reported for jury duty, the defense preemptively removed her. The Defense usually doesn’t want anyone with legal experience on the jury. They have an outsized influence on the jury.
The two presumably two leftist lawyers on Trump’s jury were there to convict him.
Or he wants everyone to assume that he did that.
People posting Merchan wants a mistrial.
Then why hasn’t he deemed it so? He doesn’t need anything further to make that ruling. He would’ve been notifying both sides of his ruling to declare it a Mistrial.
This is his greatest achievement in his life by far, no way he undoes his perfect Trial and Verdict.
OR, this Michael Anderson is just an internet troll......
The entire jury had a predetermined guilty verdict as did Merchan who basically instructed the jury to find him guilty and actively blocked the defense. The whole thing was a sham.
Yes, he could have made that ruling but he would have been totally trashed by his own side and he wanted this guilty verdict too. Only thing is that someone needs to take the blame other than himself for a mistrial.
After the verdict he found out what a giant mistake the whole sham show trial was. It only helped Trump more and turned off some important people on his own side.
A mistrial can stop things in it’s tracks for now with a promise of taking it up later and squash any appeals by Trump which we all know will be a huge admonishment of the sham of this show trial with a predetermined outcome.
I agree with what the law professor proposes. I personally thought that, before the trial started, PDJT should have recruited one or more GOP state attorneys general to file suit on behalf of their state or states versus the state of New York in the U. S. Supreme Court, invoking the original jurisdiction that the USSC has in lawsuits between state governments, and sought a writ of prohibition (or other injunctive relief) against the state of New York going forward with the trial.
Mark Levin has been talking about similar concepts in his really great radio broadcasts of the last few days. He is urging PDJT’s legal team to bring an action on his behalf directly to the USSC, I think pursuant to USSC Rule 20, requesting the issuance of a “common law writ” such as a writ of prohibition. Whether the USSC would grant PDJT such access to its processes is iffy, because he has not yet exhausted his appeal rights in the NY state court system. However, if a state (such as, say, Texas or Missouri or North Dakota, etc.) sued New York state, the USSC would have to take the case and make some sort of decision. The states would be arguing that NY is violating the civil rights of their citizens who voted to nominate PDJT for president in violation of federal statutes such as 42 USC 1983 or 18 USC 241, and that the USSC must issue a writ that prevents NY state from going any further in the NY v. Trump case.
In addition to the 5th, 6th and 14th amendment violations that have been perpetrated by the firm of Bragg, Colangelo and Merchan, there is also an “ex post facto” law claim that can be raised here. Sometime after the time that the business records at issue in this litigation were created, the NY state legislature passed a law which extended the statute of limitations law by a year. IMO, this is “ex post facto” law which is unconstitutional under the main body of the Constitution, Article I, Section 9, Clause 3. The indictment against PDJT after the end of the 5 year statute of limitations for felonies but before the extra year tacked on the NY legislature ran out. The NY state constitution does not have a provision that is similar to the federal constitution. However, there is at least one state appellate decision in New York, People v. Hudy, that suggests that it does in fact apply.
Assuming the post by the cousin is legitimate, it doesn’t necessarily prove a predetermined outcome (although it’s clear that was already in the cards) but it does prove that juror discussed the case with people outside jury deliberations in violation of jury instructions. If it was any defendant besides Trump or one of his allies, a mistrial would be automatic.
Even if they wanted to retry Trump , it won’t happen any tine really soon. Trump’s team may go for different venue etc.
It may be possible that a current case SCOTUS is deciding on could nullify this whole thing.
Not sure, but possible.
They randomly ignored the judges that were supposed to be appointed and took this guy who wasn’t on the list
I have no doubt that Trump will win on appeal. But irreparable harm has been done unless it is resolved prior to the election. The regular appellate procedure takes too long and there is no guarantee that the NY appellate courts will overturn the decision.
Every possible effort needs to be made to get this case before SCOTUS. And Congress needs to get involved as well.
Your opinion is likely exactly what’s going to happen. The next week or so will tell.
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