Alina Habba says Trump’s hush-money jury should have been sequestered over holiday weekend

The Hill ^ | 5/26/24 | Miranda Nazzaro

[Omnivore-Dan]

Sounds reasonable, but those can be rigged too. Hard to trust anything from the N.Y. justice system.

[PubliusMM]

Agree with her.
But, leaving them on thier own made it a lot easier for the DOJ thugs to visit them on the sly...you know, to help them ‘formulate’ their decision...

[Liz]

Greta Van Susteren shows Merchan's charge to the jury is wrong.

[nonliberal]

In a non-rigged trial, yes.

[tflabo]

If it truly is God’s will that Trump will be President, then no wicked lying scheme will stop it, try as they might. Lord your will be done.

[joesbucks]

They have friends with a super conservative TDS. It cuts both ways.

I guess if there was a real concern, the defense could have requested sequestering.

[Fireone]

I know they hate Trump, but I think they fear him, more than hate him.
He’s the only one leading the fight against them. The mainstream GOP are easily controlled, and therefore, not the threat that Trump represents.
They will do anything to remain in power, anything.

[qaz123]

How many showed up for him at the rally in the Bronx?

Crying shame for NYPD and the court folks to find all of them are descending on the courthouse.

Those folks might not take things lying down like a bunch of suburbanites.

[SMARTY]

Face it, with criminal clowns running the ‘court’, everything about the proceedings is irregular

[goodnesswins]

Someone posted the jury instructions are hundreds of pages long...anyone know if that is really true?

[FreeReign]

On the other hand, I suspect more than one watched and discussed Trump’s most awesome Bronx appearance and realized he’s not the ogre he’s made out to be.

Yes. I was thinking the same thing.

[GMThrust]

If they are filled with TDS, then odds are they don’t have one conservative friend.

[arthurus]

Not being sequestered they are much more available to bribes and threats. “Do you love your children? parents? Grandma? Do you want them to stay safe? It’s just a little vote. Do it for your country! Your children/parents/etc. will stay safe and thank you. Do you need some help on your credit card debt?”

[arthurus]

Sounds like the judge needed more time to FABRICATE the jury instructions.

And offer the requisite bribes accompanied by slightly veiled threats.

[arthurus]

Appeal is irrelevant. Results of an appeal won’t happen before the election. I believe the judge and Garland intend to get that conviction and cuff him there in the courtroom and hustle him forthwith off to jail. That may not happen that way because SS is in the Courtroom, too and might well have a say in it. If Garland thinks they will get real resistance from SS at being separated from DJT, DJT will get a delay before he is ordered to “report for Incarceration.”

[Clay Moore]

“That may not happen that way because SS is in the Courtroom, too and might well have a say in it.”

Don’t worry, I’m sure they have authorization to use deadly force to murder whoever they want.

[arthurus]

The judge has already said that the jurors don't have to agree on anything except that Trump is guilty of something. If some jurors don't cooperate, besides persecution of their families and their bank accounts, the judge(or really Garland) may rule that a majority decision by the jury is sufficient. He may try to Dem he decision to be unanimous. The Democrats have used that ploy in Congress to pass legislation they could not get enough votes for. Why not a jury?

[napscoordinator]

They should have day one. I was surprised they weren’t.

[arthurus]

Judge has already stated that the jury only has o agree on Guilty on one particular charge. They can disagree on everything else. It may be contrary to law and Constitution but so is a whole lot else about this trial and this DOJ.

[wardaddy]

It hasn’t happened yet