[Pilsner]

Worst case for Trump. The judge question jurors, and decides that the jury reached a verdict on X (any number from 1-33) counts before the juror spoke to her cousin, declares a mistrial on those counts, and enters a final judgment on X counts. That would:
1. Leave Trump a convicted felon,
2. Force Trump to spend time and money on an appeal,
3. Leave Trump facing felony charges in the trial court,
4. Leave Trump under the trial court gag order, and
5. Force Trump to spend time and money on the retrial of the remaining charges, which the judge could schedule before the election.

[Pilsner]

Judge declares mistrial on counts where he finds jury had not reached a verdict before the juror spoke to her cousin.

[central_va]

Stupid. A mistrial means none of that happens.