Judge Merchan notified the Trump lawyers and all concerned parties that a Facebook comment claimed the poster’s cousin was a juror who said, “Trump is getting convicted. Thank you for all your hard work.” This was before the jury returned their verdict.
If true, it’s a guaranteed mistrial.
It looks like a potential troll comment, but Judge Merchan didn’t comment on its validity. And, suspiciously, the media mostly ignored it at first.
You can read Judge Merchan’s letter here. The comment was dated May 20, and the letter was dated June 7. He wrote that the comment was posted on the Unified Court System’s public Facebook page.
The post is longer than what Judge Merchan included in his letter.
Here is the letter about the Facebook comment: https://t.co/ymVH26uEc0
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 7, 2024
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The “Get Trump” judges and prosecutors jeopardized the case before it even started.
Some of what I read about the trial seemed unbelievable for any court or jurisdiction. Right away I assumed it was all done on purpose in order to have a “mistrial” declared. Once that is done, they can start all over again. There has been cases where the result was mistrial after mistrial. As far as I’m concerned, once a mistrial, that’s it. You don’t get to draw from the well again.
Must be legit, they wouldn’t go public if It weren’t. Some say the judge had to make a statement before he was investigated by a different department. Don’t think the verdict would stand anyways. Wasn’t an authentic legal issue to begin with. I think the judge is trying to excuse himself at this point.