Posted on 05/27/2024 2:43:02 AM PDT by Libloather
Alina Habba, an attorney for former President Trump, suggested the jury in the hush-money trial should have been sequestered over Memorial Day weekend to prevent outside influence ahead of this week’s closing arguments.
“They should have been sequestered, because, in my opinion, these jurors are handling something that is completely unprecedented and unwarranted in America,” Habba said Sunday on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures.”
“And for them to be able to be out and about on a holiday weekend with friends and families who have opinions, who are watching the news, TVs in the background at the pool party, I have serious concerns. If they’re left-wing and they’re watching MSDNC, as my client calls it, [MSNBC] or CNN, they’re not going to get fair news.”
The 12 New York jurors will be tasked this week with weighing whether to convict Trump on 34 criminal counts, all of which need to have the same decision or else the case ends in a mistrial.
**SNIP**
Trump’s defense last Tuesday rested their case without calling the former president to the stand, and the jurors were dismissed until this coming Tuesday, when closing statements are slated to begin. Jury deliberations will follow shortly afterward.
Judge Juan Merchan said closing arguments will not be held until this coming Tuesday as a result of some “issues,” though he did not explain what those might be.
Habba argued the holiday weekend will allow jurors to speak with their friends who might have “Trump derangement syndrome,” an informal term used by Trump allies to refer to criticism of the former president.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
The Republic, or what remains of it, can transmogrify into the Total Marxist State in a day.
I think a combination of the two. They hate him because they fear him. They are the creatures of the swamp.
Here is Supreme Court case on unanimity
What percent of all LEO’s do you think will participate in firing on fellow Americans?
Of those few that would, what is that number in comparison to the freedom loving gun owners in America?
I don’t think your “in a day” scenario can happen to an armed society.
We live in interesting times!
I know many conservatives who suffer TDS and they have many friends. If liberals have tds and no conservative friends, that’s generally because the conservatives get snowflaked when their echo chamber is challenged. And honestly, it happens too often in both sides.
“Think of how stupid the average TDS conservative is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” - adaptation of a George Carlin quote
Federal EOs-a least 80 %. State ??? Locals - a few.
Out of curiosity, are either of the two lawyers on the jury Democrats? If so, all they have to do is remain silent about the fact that there is no crime here. Unless, that is, they are among the rarest of all creatures…honest Democrats.
“”They hate him because they fear him. They are the creatures of the swamp.”
There are many in his own party who are still angry that he did not pay his party dues, get in line and wait his turn. Nobody likes a line jumper.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.