Posted on 05/29/2024 1:19:48 PM PDT by Yo-Yo
JUST IN: NBC reports that Trump's defense team is "newly animated" and have "cracked" a smile while the District Attorney's team looks "tense and apprehensive" in New York.
The moment came as the jury submitted a second note to Judge Merchan, asking him to give the instructions again.
"The District Attorney’s team looks tense and apprehensive. Todd Blanche, on Trump’s defense team, just cracked a tight smile. Trump, Blanche and Emil Bove, another one of Trump's attorneys, are whispering amongst themselves and look newly animated," NBC reported.
Jurors were then dismissed for the day after a few hours of deliberations.
"You must not google or otherwise search for information about the case," Merchan said.
Deliberations will continue tomorrow at 9:30.
+1
He came here at the age of six.
If I was a juror and the prosecution threw in new content in the summation and expected me to be fine with not having anything documented or explained to me about the new material - I would be livid and would immediately vote to acquit, no questions asked. And I would not be moved.
Any prosecutor who tries to sell the snake oil like that is gonna get a big fat “NO!” from me, every time.
Exactly. It’s 55 pages. Sure, some of it is boiler plate stuff like lunch will be provided, let the bailiff know if you need water or Coffee, etc. But lots of it is something that any normal person would need to reference and see for themselves to actually read definitions or something related to a specific news article that was entered into evidence, etc.
Look what I found on the web, the indictment. They actually call a non-disclosure “criminal conduct” even though it isn’t......
https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/press/PDFs/D.O.motion4contempt-FINAL.pdf
This judge is nuts. I can’t even imagine the confusion that’s going on with this jury. And look at this indictment, it’s like something a nut would write, mispellings, calling something a crime that isn’t a crime.......
https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/press/PDFs/D.O.motion4contempt-FINAL.pdf
So by them asking for a rehash of the testimonies of Pecker and Cohen, is that good or bad? Was there something in those testimonies that were incredibly incriminating Trump that will help them convict Trump? Honestly, I have not been paying close attention to those testimonies by P and C so I’m confused because I thought Trump’s defense destroyed Cohen. And why would they need a refresher of the testimonies? I am so confused besides being infuriated and pissed off like never before I don’t understand a lot of this.
You, my friend have a sense, fairness and convictions but those picked by the liberal state have none.
At the end of the link at 108, “Full Jury Instructions” are 55 pages long. They are incomprehensible.
Thanks...Sac
Why isn’t the jury allowed to have a written copy of the instructions? Is that SOP?
I'm not talking about you, but many of the FR comments sound pretty weird to me too. If I had gone to law school instead of computer science, that career might have driven me insane.
Yes.
Juror no.5:”What did you get for the guilty promise?”
Juror no.10: “This 2024 Mercedes Benz S Class sedan. $129,000
for those who care about such things. Here it is on my phone.”
Juror no.5: “Wow. I’ll promise you the first ride on my new boat if I can borrow your new Benz for my daughter’s graduation.”😊
Juror no. 10: “Deal. Serving on a jury is so....lucrative. Let’s go in and get this done before Friday afternoon is over or we won’t convict Trump before the weekend.”🥳
Juror no.5: “Yeah, I would resent someone spoiling my weekend over this.”
Try the Joe Biden memory tricks. Like the little card he carries in his right pocket reminding him of his name and his wife's name. One in his left pocket says "Don't forget to read the card in your right pocket."
NY doesn’t do it apparently.
RE: Prayers for justice.
Agree but as all know I deeply detest the phony system. After this kangaroo court Judge Merchan has probably convinced most of the last stragglers to agree with me.
So true justice in my prayers are for whatever means God decides to use to accomplish it. I bow to his will.
"Pecker also testified Trump called him about the plan to pay off McDougal, and after Pecker urged him (Trump) to pay McDougal to cover up her allegations, Trump responded, "I don't buy any stories...Any time you do anything like this, it always gets out".
That's pretty damning to the prosecution and pushes me to believe that Cohen did indeed act on his own and worked with Stormy's attorney to come up with this "Cohen Hustle". Cohen knew he would get the money back...Trump always paid him when he was billed...But if Cohen thought he was going to get half a mil in a lump sum....well, that wasn't going to happen. "Pay him monthly"
IMHO
NY does not want their jurors to scrutinize the instructions? They can only get the instructions by listening to Merchan while he is staring at them?
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