Judge Says New York City Jury Doesn’t Need to Agree on Predicate Crime to Convict Trump of Guilt

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[E. Pluribus Unum]

At this point in time finding Donald Trump guilty of anything, any crime at all, is just a matter of Judge Juan Merchan following through on expectations.

The entire world is watching what happens in New York City through the prism of ridiculous lawfare and politics.  No intellectually honest observers believe this is a trial about substance, guilt, criminal activity or innocence therein.  The illusion of a nonprejudicial justice system has long past and everyone can see the extreme politicization taking place in Judge Merchan’s courtroom.

Finding President Trump guilty of a crime is seemingly a foregone conclusion.  Even the White House is saying Joe Biden will deliver remarks to the nation from the official executive office as soon as the guilty verdict is delivered {SEE HERE}.

Judge Merchan has yet to release the public version of jury instructions, however he previously decided last week that the jurors do not need to agree on a predicate crime in order to fund President Trump guilty of trying to hide one.

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Yes, you read that correctly…. The jurors do not need to believe a crime was committed in order to convict Trump of unlawfully hiding a crime he never committed.  Let that insufferable Lawfare logic sink in.

[Singermom]

joey biden should be in jail for taking advantage of his daughter. Let’s call it DAUGHTERS with BENEFITS the joey biden way.
Or Golden Showers with your daughter- expert teacher joey biden

[Singermom]

Just remember dems it is NOT retaliation if YOU make new rules.

I vote Nancy and Chuckie and joey are guilty of SOMETHING. Throw them in PRISON for 482 years. We can come up with SOME crime later.

J6ers are in jail for YEARS for TRESPASSING. Anybody know of ANY dems in jail?

[laconic]

So the jury can vote to convict Trump of whatever they feel like. For some odd reason, I thought the concept of due process requires that the defendant know exactly what they are charged with having done. It is NOT what some judge thinks he might or might not have done and whose daughter has helped raise 91 million for the Bidendemocrats.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

They are using the Tom DeLay model.

DeLay was a very effective majority leader until they got a crooked Tarrant County prosecutor to file false charges against him and drive him from office.

DeLay finally won years later, but the only goal was to drive him from office.

And the crooked prosecutor suffered no consequences.

[ClearCase_guy]

I want Trump elected in November.
And I want troublesome politicians and media people put into jail for 5 years as soon as they say something troublesome. Just do it. Clear the field. Drain the swamp. Anyone who protests gets 5 years in jail. Don’t bother with a trial — those are just formalities, and we don’t have time for that crap. Let the Left see just how much this country has been “fundamentally transformed”.

[FreedomNotSafety]

From the original source, Politico.

“If some jurors believe that Trump falsified business documents solely to cover up a tax crime, while others believe that he falsified business documents solely to cover up an election crime, the jury can still convict Trump on the felony-level falsifying-documents charges, despite disagreeing on the predicate crimes.”