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Stalinist Judge Merchan Directs Jury to Choose Among These Three Crimes to Convict Trump – Jurors Don't Have to Unanimously Agree!
2024-05-30
[Gateway] President Trump was back in court on Wednesday morning in Alvin Bragg’s ’hush money’ show trial in New York City.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg indicted Trump in April 2023 on 34 felony counts related to ’hush payments’ he made to Stormy Daniels.

Trump was accused of paying porn star Stormy Daniels, AKA, Stephanie Clifford, ’hush payments’ through his then-attorney Michael Cohen in a scheme to silence her and stop the story about their alleged affair from being published in the National Enquirer.

The jury deliberations began on Wednesday after Judge Merchan instructed them to choose among the three predicate crimes Trump supposedly committed.

Judge Merchan is allowing the jurors to choose ONE of the three predicate crimes. Jurors do NOT have to unanimously agree on which of the three predicate crimes Trump committed.

Of course, this will make it easier to convict Trump.
Posted by:Besoeker

#17  The most important thing is , your orange man is now fuck..
Ronald Trump cannot be president.
Conservative Americans are cowards , so now go fk yourselves
Remember my prophecies?
…About civil war … balkanizing the cities, the states.. the country?
When the North America color revolution goes hot, there will be a lot of localized genocides.  If you are in the minority …better move out .

Posted by: ACA JOE   2024-05-30 23:53  

#16  As in the George Floyd trial, jurors were known and local. Since they were not sequestered, does anyone think they were not under a wide range of overt and covert pressure? The entire farce will undermine public confidence in the judicial system further. As proof, this just out form the Bidet Campaign:
""Donald Trump has always mistakenly believed he would never face consequences for breaking the law for his own personal gain," Biden campaign communications director Michael Tyler said,..."Despite a jury finding Donald Trump guilty today, there is still only one way to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office: At the ballot box," the Biden campaign wrote in a fundraising text to supporters. "If you have been waiting for the perfect time to make your first donation to Joe Biden's reelection campaign, we're here to tell you today is the day."
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2024-05-30 20:50  

#15  All the jurors get to go home for Friday and the weekend! Prosecutors, too. MSM pundits may have to shift into hyperdrive.
Posted by: Bobby   2024-05-30 18:09  

#14  Guilty on all 34 Counts!
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2024-05-30 17:28  

#13  Guilty.

All counts. 9-1/2 hours of 'deliberations'
Posted by: Bobby   2024-05-30 17:28  

#12  I would expect that there is a Federal Civil Rights case to be made against the judge and prosecutor.
Posted by: Super Hose   2024-05-30 16:38  

#11  Pay to Play.

He has that look like he 'Dines at De Nero's'.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2024-05-30 13:07  

#10  Merchan donated to the Get Trump organization.
Posted by: Deacon+Blues   2024-05-30 12:24  

#9  
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-05-30 09:35  

#8  Thanks Merc.
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-05-30 09:19  

#7  /\ Killer Klowns from Outer Space! Classic.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2024-05-30 09:11  

#6  a picture is worth... etc. etc
Posted by: Mercutio   2024-05-30 08:48  

#5  They simply want the media headlines..."Trump now a convicted felon."

An appeal will take months, possibly years.
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-05-30 08:21  

#4  Delay, delay, delay, and fück with Trump. Centuries of common law and precedent do not matter in the least right now. Who cares if any verdict gets tossed later (if necessary)?
Posted by: DooDahMan   2024-05-30 08:20  

#3  The judge also allowed the prosecution to allege facts, e.g., that Trump committed an election violation, without evidence in their summation.

In NY, the defense does not get to rebut the prosecution's summary, this may sway several in the jury.
Posted by: Lord Garth   2024-05-30 08:08  

#2  "Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime."

~ Lavrentiy Beria, the most ruthless and longest-serving secret police chief in Joseph Stalin’s reign of terror in Russia and Eastern Europe, bragged that he could prove criminal conduct on anyone, even the innocent.

Posted by: Besoeker   2024-05-30 07:43  

#1  As Jeffery Clark stated, "Judge Merchan needs to acquaint himself with Ramos v. Louisiana".
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2024-05-30 07:08  

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