First: the existence of the grand jury is supposed to be secret.
Second: how does Dershowitz know who is in the jury pool?
“First: the existence of the grand jury is supposed to be secret.
Second: how does Dershowitz know who is in the jury pool?”
It is in Washington DC where only 4% voted for Trump. I think the odds are overwhelming that they would be anti-Trump.
If the population from which the jury pool will be taken voted against Trump 96% to 4% you can figure it out. I believe the defense has a limited number of strikes to dismiss jurors.
In a normal trial, the defense can request a change of venue. Not sure about a grand jury.
>>>how does Dershowitz know who is in the jury pool?<<<
He has more than two Brain Cells to rub together?
If the GJ is convened in DC, it is automatically Democrat! DC is like 99.9% democrat. Just look at their voting history!!!
Based on racial demographics.
First: the existence of the grand jury is supposed to be secret.
Second: how does Dershowitz know who is in the jury pool?
The existence is supposed to be secret, but it has been all over the news. Obviously, Mueller had it leaked. Did you listen to the news yesterday? Trump’s lawyer said he did not know about it until it was in the news. And as you say, he said it should be secret. It is very disturbing.
He does not know who is in the pool—just that it is in DC, and he can indict in DC, where the demographics are known.
By law the jury pool must reflect the people in that district. It will be all Dem and all Black.
You’re usually pretty sharp :)
Off your game today? :)
One would think that the law specifies from where grand jurors slated to sit in a particular city would come.Hard to imagine that *not* being the case...although,not being a lawyer myself,I could be wrong.
https://ballotpedia.org/Presidential_election_in_Washington,_D.C.,_2016
Clinton/Kaine received 90.9% of the DC vote and Trump/Pence 4.1%.
Even subtracting all convicted felons from the jury pool, the chances of drawing any jury that reflects the composition of the remainder of the United States from DC area residents is effectively zero.
OF COURSE this is a coup d'état!
Because the pool is drawn from DC. Try this, stick your hand in a bucket of poo into which a spoonful of tapioca has also been added. Now pull your hand out. What color is it? Does it smell? That's a DC jury.