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Full jury seated at Trump trial on third day of selection process
(www.cbsnews.com)
It's amazing how sketching a goatee and putting glasses on her puts her halfway between Lebowski and Candie.
She looks like a cousin of Kim Jong Un in a bad disguise
I was thinking Depp
"I'm supposed to be in New Hampshire. I'm supposed to be in Georgia. I'm supposed to be in North Carolina. South Carolina," the presumptive Republican nominee for president said in the hallway outside the courtroom. "I'm supposed to be a lot of different places, campaigning. But I've been here all day on a trial that really is a very unfair trial."
Shut the fuck up, rapist traitor.
Shit thing is that I'll be surprised as hell if there isn't at least one person on that jury that will refuse to vote guilty, no matter how damning the evidence is.
I fully believe that at least one, and probably several, of those jurrors are faking their impartiality. I wouldn't, but only because I have a digital fingerprint hating on Trump that's about 9 years old now (even I lived in NYC which hell fuck no I don't.)
You know some right winger heavy nut job got on there because they don't believe in social media and just had no online sputum to be found.
I’m supposed to be in Georgia.
No, he fucking isn't! As a Georgian, I say he is not welcome here except to be convicted and imprisoned on the election interference case.
He's supposed to be in jail.
...and it freezing in there!!
So. Much. Whining.
On the bright side, it’s helping him less and less. Everyone knows what to expect, and this judge doesn’t seem to be very tolerant of his bullshit.
Before court ended for the day, Trump's attorney Todd Blanche asked if the defense could find out the names of the first three witnesses prosecutors plan to call to the stand. Joshua Steinglass, a prosecutor in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office, replied that doing so is a courtesy they normally extend, but refused in this case.
"Mr. Trump has been tweeting about the witnesses. We're not telling them who the witnesses are," Steinglass said.
Merchan said he "can't blame them." Blanche seemed mystified, and asked if the defense is not going to find out who the witnesses are until they walk in the door. He offered to "commit to the court and the [prosecution] that President Trump will not [post] about any witness" on Truth Social, Trump's social media platform.
"I don't think you can make that representation," Merchan said.
Blanche offered another solution: giving the witness names only to the lawyers, who wouldn't share them with Trump.
"I'm not going to order them to do it, no," said Merchan. "I'll see you tomorrow morning."
I love this judge.
~~FRY HIM!!!!!~~
I mean, FLY HIM!!!!!! to Russia
No. To Guantanamo!
Both of the excused jurors were replaced later in the afternoon as a new cohort of 96 Manhattan residents filled the courtroom. Half of the new group — 48 — said they could not be impartial and were immediately excused.
Thank you for clarifying that half of 96 is 48, CBS News. I'd never have figured that incredibly important detail myself.
This is America, we don't do math.
I can’t read, what are they saying?
Buy stock in MyPillows
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Twelve New Yorkers have been selected to serve as jurors in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial in Manhattan, filling out the panel on the third day of proceedings.
Before court ended for the day, Trump's attorney Todd Blanche asked if the defense could find out the names of the first three witnesses prosecutors plan to call to the stand.
Two jurors who had been selected earlier in the week were excused, including one woman who expressed concerns about being identified publicly and her ability to remain impartial.
Those who remained underwent a 42-question assessment to glean their feelings about Trump and their ability to fairly decide the outcome of the first criminal trial of a former president in U.S. history.
He denies all allegations in the case, which revolves around reimbursements to former attorney Michael Cohen for a "hush money" payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
Prosecutors say Trump covered up the reimbursements in order to distance himself from the payment, which days before the 2016 presidential election temporarily bought Daniels' silence about an alleged affair.
The original article contains 873 words, the summary contains 178 words. Saved 80%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!
Already? Wow! Good job kicking out the possible corruption guy, too!
Huh?
Huh?
People were predicting that jury selection would go into next week. I’m glad it’s completed (except for the alternates).
No one's confused by that obvious part!
Man, you start sounding good, but then throw in something that makes it confusing.
What do you mean by "possible corruption guy"?
And what do you mean by "except for the alternates"?
Sorry to be unclear. I was at work and typing quickly. The man I called the “possible corruption guy” was mentioned in the story:
Prosecutors also raised concerns about Juror #4, saying they discovered information about someone sharing the person's name who was arrested and potentially involved in a corruption investigation in the 1990s. The man arrived late to court and was briefly questioned by attorneys in front of the judge, out of earshot from the court's microphones. Merchan ultimately decided to dismiss the man.
And by “except for the alternates” I was referring to this bit:
The selection process will continue Friday, since six alternate jurors are needed before the trial can move to opening arguments. One alternate had been selected as of Thursday afternoon.
Anyway, thank you for asking. If you were confused, I expect others were, too.
Thank you. No, I apologize. Obviously I need to RTFA.
this post was submitted on 18 Apr 2024
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