CantaloupeLifestyleTrump's Civil Trial Has No Jury Because 'Nobody Asked' for One, Judge Explains
kersplooshTL;DR, the AG asked for a bench trial, the Trump’s defense team didn’t respond, and so Trump gets a bench trial. It’s possible that a jury trial would have been disallowed in this particular case under New York law, but the defense didn’t even bother to ask.
Whelp, that’s on your people, Donald. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
proleThis is just so he can claim, later down the line, that it wasn’t fair because it was just one judge and not a jury blah blah
Like a jury would prevent him from claiming bias… He already has ranted against juries and grand juries.