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Posted on 06/07/2024 2:57:25 PM PDT by Vendome
In a new development in Trump’s Manhattan “hush money” case, Justice Merchan has communicated to the involved parties about an incident involving a comment left on the court system’s Facebook page. The comment, left on May 29, one day prior to Trump’s conviction, reads: “My cousin is a juror and says Trump is getting convicted 🎉 Thank you folks for all your hard work!!!! ❤️”
Theoretically, if the comment is found to be true and a juror was discussing the verdict of the case with their cousin, Justice Merchan could rule a mistrial. Given his record of rulings against Trump and his daughter’s financial stake in the case, this is unlikely.
(Excerpt) Read more at thenationalpulse.com ...
The comment not only indicates the case / jury deliberations were discussed inappropriately, but also that they were working to specifically get a conviction.
But of course, the judge will rule something along the lines of “While the outside discussions were inappropriate, they are inconsequential to the verdict.” The fact the case ever came to trial and was not given a directed verdict of not guilty after the evidence did not indicate any crime occurred, and pretty much he instructed the jury to convict Trump, certainly don’t see him doing the right thing here and declaring a mistrial, even though it is clearly warranted.
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