NY v. Trump: Judge reveals Facebook post implying juror discussed guilty verdict with family ahead of time

Fox News ^ | June 7, 2024 5:31pm EDT | Brooke Singman

[Hyman Roth]

Morning Joe and the other unbiased media will cover this wall to wall. /s

[desertsolitaire]

I don’t think it would have been public this much so far if the cousin on the jury didn’t exist.

[chuckee]

If this is really the douche that posted it, I don’t think he had parents, let alone a cousin or friends. I hope he does have a cousin but cover me skeptical that anyone in the family talks to him.

[Tammy60]

A mistrial would get the Dems out of this mess. It would also mean they could bring Trump to trial again later if the election starts to look tight.

[Chad C. Mulligan]

Setting up to declare a mistrial because he'll get positively slagged on appeal?

[shadowlands1960]

Yes. It would seem the New York SC would have checked the story before alerting Merchan to the post. We’ll see.

[Thank You Rush]

I thought it was an old picture of Hunter Biden...sorry!

[bigbob]

Because Trump’s poll numbers went the wrong way

[Vendome]

Convenient for the Frauds and Criminals in this POS indictment.

If they end up in mistrial it puts the spot light on the juror until well after the election and then all will be forgotten...

[desertsolitaire]

Merchan had no choice. HE was notified by the NY Supreme Court of the posting. They all know the implications.

[Kathy in OC]

When did he say his cousin was a female?

[sauropod]

A drag queen besides.

Wow. What a bonus.

[jonrick46]

This jury misconduct should cause a mistrial. I wonder if Fox is covering it?

[Chgogal]

Yup! The conviction back fired. Can't put Trump into prison, so what to do? Fake a post, then claim a mistrial. See how noble Democrats are! Considering how much Trump has done for NYC I am disgusted with Manhattanites. What a bunch of ingrates with delusions of grandeur.

[G Larry]

First, The NY Supreme Court informed Merchan of the finding, this wasn't Merchan fessing up.

Second, The NY Supreme Court would not have bothered contacting Merchan without having first verified the relationship of the poster and the juror, AND verifying there was contact between the two before the post.

The verdict will be tossed and I don't see Merchan getting another bite at the apple in time to get a conviction before the election.

How can you seat a jury that can pretend they haven't been tainted by pre-trial publicity?

[Husker24]

So at what point in the trial was this said?

[Husker24]

Ohh, believe me, they’ll take another bite.

[electricjack]

It was a email not a facebook article for the love of god get the story right before you post crapola...

[plain talk]

He also said in a subsequent post that he married her (presumably his cousin)?

Likely some crackpot.

[WildHighlander57]

desertsolitaire wrote:

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Merchan had no choice. HE was notified by the NY Supreme Court of the posting. They all know the implications.
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The letter at this post’s link was from Merchan to NY attorney Blanche & NY Assistant DA Steinglass, saying that post by Anderson had been posted to the Unified Court System Facebook page.

Is there a link to where the NY Supreme Court told Merchan about the post?