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BREAKING: Trump Jurors Dismissed for the Day
Twitter/X ^ | May 29. 2024 | Collin Rugg

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.



TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: jury; trump
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To: workerbee

Kinda makes you wonder huh?


21 posted on 05/29/2024 1:31:07 PM PDT by ducttape45 (Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
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To: jagusafr
Expecting them to proceed without a copy of the written jury instructions is just silly.

You cannot memorize 55 pages of instructions?
22 posted on 05/29/2024 1:31:18 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana
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To: workerbee

Good evening, sir/ma’am, I’m from the FBI, may I come in a talk to you for a few minutes?”

” where were you on january 6 ?”


23 posted on 05/29/2024 1:31:44 PM PDT by cuz1961
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To: Yo-Yo
"You must not google or otherwise search for information about the case," Merchan said.

But enjoying TV is fine along with all the breaking news reports on this ridiculous case.

24 posted on 05/29/2024 1:31:57 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: EBH
Who here believes they won't? The jury should have been sequestered.

I'm scrupulous but some capable of dissembling.

"Wife, dear, please go to Free Republic, Steyn Online, and Breitbart and tell me what they have to say today."
25 posted on 05/29/2024 1:32:49 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana
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To: Gay State Conservative

Thank you, Sunshine.


26 posted on 05/29/2024 1:33:54 PM PDT by vivenne
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To: Yo-Yo

The longer the jury deliberates the better the chance for a hung jury.


27 posted on 05/29/2024 1:34:46 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (Pray for Biden: Psalms 109: 8)
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To: Yo-Yo
By the Instructions to the Jury it is apparent that the jurors need to each "find" Trump guilty of something. It can likely be anything the jurors can individually think of, like the way his hair looks. They all just have to say guilty about anything at all. Probably "He must be guilty of something but I don't know what...so I vote guilty."
28 posted on 05/29/2024 1:35:04 PM PDT by arthurus ( covfefe U)
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To: chopperk
Seems its important to remember Judge Merchan grew up in a Third World Country; Columbia.

Some of the judges in Colombia were heroic, doing the right thing even as the Medellin Cartel was knocking them off. Perhaps it is telling that Merchan WASN'T knocked off.
29 posted on 05/29/2024 1:35:17 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana
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To: Yo-Yo

Guess they don’t know their history. I am not making a comparison with Hitler except to the point that Hitler became more powerful than they ever thought possible when they put him in jail.


30 posted on 05/29/2024 1:35:40 PM PDT by Judge Bean
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To: Dr. Sivana

He left Columbia when he was like 5 or 6 years old.


31 posted on 05/29/2024 1:36:28 PM PDT by Fuzz
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To: Yo-Yo

Most likely one or more jurors are holding out and somebody is trying to bully them into following Merchans insane instructions. The prosecution never said what the underlying crime was. How does a defendant defend if he doesn’t know what he is accused of and the jury can simply pick anything on the buffet table. There is a basic due process problem here and Merchan’s instructions have only made it worse. I still expect a conviction but the longer it goes the better Trump’s chances are. It will however be very hard if there are only one or two holdouts because everyone probably wants to go home by this point.


32 posted on 05/29/2024 1:36:29 PM PDT by your other brother
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To: workerbee

Things have really gotten bad when we can’t trust the FBI.


33 posted on 05/29/2024 1:36:39 PM PDT by Judge Bean
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To: workerbee

They are desequestered so that friends and relatives can hound them for GUILTY.


34 posted on 05/29/2024 1:37:07 PM PDT by arthurus ( covfefe Rg)
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To: 1Old Pro

Wouldn’t be surprised if the judge has their phones taken away tomorrow so they can search their phones.


35 posted on 05/29/2024 1:37:35 PM PDT by mware
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To: Yo-Yo

Maximum Juan just giddy about giving Trump six months to a year confinement.


36 posted on 05/29/2024 1:38:12 PM PDT by damper99
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To: Fuzz
He left Columbia when he was like 5 or 6 years old.

Well, as BlackElk (RIP) used to say, "Never let the truth get in the way of a good story."
37 posted on 05/29/2024 1:38:18 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana
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To: your other brother

“Most likely one or more jurors are holding out and somebody is trying to bully them into following Merchans insane instructions.”

I wonder if there’s a reason I see in my crystal ball a few decapitated horses.


38 posted on 05/29/2024 1:40:10 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Navarro didn't kill himself.)
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To: vivenne
I'm old enough to recall Elvis’ first TV appearance. This is not my first rodeo!
39 posted on 05/29/2024 1:40:15 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Lethal Force Authorized At Mar-a-Lago!)
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To: Yo-Yo
So.

The first note said: "WTF did you tell us to do?"

The second note said: "You told us again and we still don't understand WTF you said. Can you explain yourself better?"

Not working out well huh Juan? "Clear the jury room!!!" you say?

Prayers for sanity and something that looks a lot more like justice being offered.

40 posted on 05/29/2024 1:40:52 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (The Government that got us in this mess is not the Government that can get us out of it.)
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