Posted on 04/16/2024 3:42:28 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
Judge Juan Merchan on Tuesday accused Trump of intimidating a juror who admitted she posted a pro-Biden video to her Facebook page.
Jury selection was still underway on Tuesday in the Stormy Daniels ‘hush money’ trial after more than 50 prospective jurors were dismissed from the jury pool on Monday.
One potential juror was brought in for questioning after Trump’s lawyers discovered she posted a pro-Biden celebratory video in 2020.
“You had to get in the car to spread the honking cheer. it’s a full on dance party at 96th street,” the potential juror’s caption read according to Trump attorney Todd Blanche.
President Trump was allegedly gesturing and ‘audibly speaking in the direction of the potential juror’ while she was being questioned about her pro-Biden social media post.
Judge Merchan accused Trump of intimidating the juror.
“I won’t tolerate that. I will not have any jurors intimidated in this courtroom. I want to make that crystal clear,”
The left-wing, pro-Biden juror claimed she is capable of being impartial.
“I very, very strongly believe that regardless of my thoughts about anyone or anything political, feelings or convictions, that the job of a juror is to understand the facts of a trial and to be the judge of those facts,” the juror said, according to CNN.
Judge Merchan said the left-wing juror gave “reasonable explanations” for the pro-Biden Facebook videos and rejected a request from Trump’s attorneys to dismiss her from the jury pool.
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I heard that the one with the comment regarding Trump in jail was eventually removed.
Defense only gets so many peremptory challenges (for no cause), but this was a challenge for cause (such as juror exhibited bias). Judge said no, and thus defense must use a precious peremptory to get them off. The judge should have granted a change of venue, but of course he is biased (Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland).
Judge Merchan Accuses Trump of Intimidating Left-Wing Juror Questioned Over Her Pro-Biden Facebook Video.
Judge Merchan proves he’s only qualified to be a judge for parking tickets and speeding with stupid statements like that.
I would wager that this judge is getting 10% of what his daughter is making off of this trial.
Trump has every right to dismiss a juror. It will be hard enough in New York without the Judge interfering in that process too. Agreed, this will be one of many grounds for appeal. Furthermore, I hope that Trumps future Attorney General is taking notes.
Maybe the judges daughter has already reviewed this juror and concluded that she is fine. Trump just needs to accept that.
This mob of liberal commie judges in NY makes all good judges look like fools. If I were a judge, I’d even be screaming they need to be disbarred for their biases.
Yep. My ultra-lib SIL told me I was “closed-minded” after I said that our climate is controlled by the sun.
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