Trump Jury Sends Note to Merchan

[excalibur]

Breaking: First jury note to Merchan. Requesting testimony.

Live updates: Jury in Trump's hush money case asks to rehear judge's instructions and key testimony

Jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial have begun deliberation, weighing a verdict in the first criminal trial of a former American president.

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Jury asks for testimony of David Pecker and more.

 

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[White 6]

I guess this means, the jury did not blow off Cohen's testimony as useless, based on defense repeated impeachment of his credibility.

 

[Donald H]

How much chance is there of demonstrations of violence by Trump's faithful if the jury takes more than a couple of days?

There is advantage to Trump if violence on his behalf is discerned by the jury.

Gunshots heard coming from the street outside?

There's definitely the possibility of violence if he's found guilty! Or similar demonstrations by the demof--ks if found otherwise.

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

Breaking: First jury note to Merchan. Requesting testimony.

Live updates: Jury in Trump's hush money case asks to rehear judge's instructions and key testimony

Jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial have begun deliberation, weighing a verdict in the first criminal trial of a former American president.

apnews.com

Jury asks for testimony of David Pecker and more.

excerpts:

The prosecutors have returned to the courtroom, shortly after a phone in here rang. Typically, that type of phone call in the midst of deliberations means that the jurors have sent a note. The paralegals sitting in the front row look excited, as does one of the prosecutors.


Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, is not here.


Trump just walked back in, alerted as he sat in his holding room, along with his entourage.


Asked in the hallway outside the courtroom how he was feeling as the jury deliberated, Trump simply raised a fist and shook it, a gesture he has made throughout the trial as he has tried to project strength to the news media while avoiding questions.


The judge is back on the bench. He explains that the jurors sent a note, signed by the foreperson, at 2:56 pm. The jurors have four requests.


Three of the requests relate to testimony from David Pecker, the former publisher of The National Enquirer, who prosecutors say was part of a conspiracy to suppress negative news on Trump’s behalf during the 2016 election. One of them relates to testimony from Michael Cohen, also alleged to be a part of that conspiracy.


The jurors want to hear both men’s testimony about the Trump Tower meeting where Pecker testified that the two men reached that agreement with Trump himself. Perhaps they are seeking to compare their stories.


At first glance, the jurors' focus on David Pecker, a witness who offered damning testimony against Trump, seems like a bad sign for the defense. On the other hand, they seem to want to check the testimony of Michael Cohen, who the defense sought to tar as a liar, against that of Pecker.


The jurors asked to hear two other portions of David Pecker’s testimony. The first is about the phone call he testified he had with Trump during an investor meeting, in June 2016, during which Trump acknowledged that he knew Karen McDougal.


The second appears to pertain to Pecker’s decision not to collect reimbursement from Trump for his hush-money deal with McDougal. The wording from the jurors is slightly unclear, so this is the only request that we’re not entirely sure about at the moment.


Typically, when jurors request to hear testimony, they return to the courtroom and the relevant portions of the transcript are read aloud by the court reporters. Sometimes court reporters have a little fun with this, doing impressions and imitating accents. I’d be surprised to see that here. The court reporter is already on the witness stand, waiting for the jury.

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

The note showed the jury's concern for trump's condition. The asked if somebody woke him up and told him he could go home for a little while.

Levity!

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

Screw Turley. He's in the tank for one side.

 

[TheGreatSatan]

This case would not have happened if a guilty verdict wasn't "Guaranteed".

It's fixed.

Trump will be guilty and democrats hope maga riots.

Remain peaceful.

 

[WEATHER53]

How can the Enquier guy be in a conspiracy to suppress that which is perfectly permissible to not make public?

 

[two_iron]

Somebody wanted to know if Stormy had ever done doggy.... not doggy-style, actual doggy.

Apparently, they're not taking this shit show seriously.

 

[22lcidw]

How much chance is there of demonstrations of violence by Trump's faithful if the jury takes more than a couple of days?

There is advantage to Trump if violence on his behalf is discerned by the jury.

Gunshots heard coming from the street outside?

There's definitely the possibility of violence if he's found guilty! Or similar demonstrations by the demof--ks if found otherwise.

Come on. The destruction of the nation is due. Long overdue. The greatest vengeance from anyone who has a beef against being screwed with in life. And alignments cannot be made until there is amends. Watch people suffer in times of distress if you nothing. Only your conscience can make those decisions. And frankly it is written in scripture about that. You do not forgive evil and those who adhere to it.

 

[excalibur]

How much chance is there of demonstrations of violence by Trump's faithful if the jury takes more than a couple of days?

There is advantage to Trump if violence on his behalf is discerned by the jury.

Gunshots heard coming from the street outside?

There's definitely the possibility of violence if he's found guilty! Or similar demonstrations by the demof--ks if found otherwise.

Are the Fedbois around?

 

[excalibur]

Second note, this one requesting the judge's jury instructions.

Why? Because the judge refuses to furnish the jury a copy of his jury instructions.

 

[excalibur]

Jury dismissed for the day.

Live updates: Jury in Trump's hush money case asks to rehear judge's instructions and key testimony

Jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial have begun deliberation, weighing a verdict in the first criminal trial of a former American president.

apnews.com

 

[WEATHER53]

Second note, this one requesting the judge's jury instructions.

Why? Because the judge refuses to furnish the jury a copy of his jury instructions.

Judge wants jury to freelance and let chips fall where they may

 

[WEATHER53]

Jury dismissed for the day.

Live updates: Jury in Trump's hush money case asks to rehear judge's instructions and key testimony

Jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial have begun deliberation, weighing a verdict in the first criminal trial of a former American president.

apnews.com

Oh. They ask the judge specifically for instruction but he sends them away instead.
It’s surprising there is no higher authority to step in and stop this manipulated circus

 

[Richard-H]

I haven't had this much fun since waiting for the Rodney King verdict.

 

[Lord-Humungus]

Wonder if anyone will set themselves on fire

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Obviously, one or both attorneys have taken charge and are showing the jury how to go through the evidence.

If that is so, the pendulum has swung away from Trump.

 

[Meathead]

Obviously, one or both attorneys have taken charge and are showing the jury how to go through the evidence.

If that is so, the pendulum has swung away from Trump.

Really counter-intuitive given the circumstances. Probably wishful thinking on you part.