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#jurytampering

#Trump’s unruly behavior at the NY trial makes him a candidate for #jail time, as does his #felony #crime of falsifying business records: Over the past decade in #Manhattan, >⅓ of these convictions resulted in defendants spending time behind bars. Across NY State, the proportion is even higher — about 42% of those convictions led to jail or prison time.

#StochasticTerrorism #WitnessTampering #WitnessIntimidation #JuryTampering #JuryIntimidation #criminal #law

#SebastianGorka, Trump’s fmr White House *adviser*, walks in w/ a silver case bearing what appears to be a presidential seal.

With his legal team & Secret Service agents in the mix, #Trump’s group numbers more than two dozen. #WitnessIntimidation #JuryTampering

#RobertCostello is on the stand.
Justice Merchan reminds him that he’s under oath.

#Hoffinger, one of the prosecution’s leaders, is expected to continue her cross-examination of Costello.

#criminal #law #TrumpTrial

Per Maggie Haberman:

Some of Trump's team, since the start of the trial, have been noticeably confident of a #HungJury. #Blanche, Trump's lead lawyer, shared his thoughts about the idea w/a NY Magazine reporter who wrote a cover story about him as the trial kicked off.

The prediction that the trial will end w/that outcome has been striking, particularly since hung juries, in which jurors cannot agree on a defendant's guilt or innocence, are relatively unusual.

#JuryTampering? #law #TrumpTrial

#Pecker finished testifying for the day; he’ll be back Thursday.

Judge #Merchan gave #jurors the usual warnings, plus a new one:

To report anyone who seeks to violate #JuryIntegrity - it sounded as if someone has already approached a juror inappropriately.

#Trump has a documented history of #JuryTampering

#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #FakeNews #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #NodFarter

Lawyers indicated that their opening statements will take a little more than an hour combined. Justice Juan #Merchan also noted that one #juror reached out before court resumed to express nervousness about the media attention surrounding the case, but the judge added that the juror is still here.

#law #Trump #AlvinBragg #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #JuryTampering #WitnessIntimidation #StochasticTerrorism #MAGA #MobTactics

More about the question of whether #Trump violated his #GagOrder by posting a quote from #FoxNews' #JesseWatters, Trump didn’t “repost” Watters, he wrote out his own post referencing Watters’s false characterization of prospective jurors.

#disinformation #propaganda #FauxNews
#media #criminal #law #intimidation #harassment #JuryTampering #TrumpTrial