Laffy#BREAKING NEW: THE JURY HAS REACHED A VERDICT IN THE TRUMP TRIAL. #TrumpTrial
2/ Via Inner City Press:
in #TrumpTrial, Justice Merchan just said that the jury has sent a note: they have reached a verdict, need 30 minutes to fill out.
3/ McBrien:
Before leaving the bench, Justice Merchan says to the gallery, "Let there be no outbursts or exclamations of any kind."
He says he'll be back in a few minutes and steps away.
The atmosphere in press overflow is ELECTRIC.
4/ Press:
[Trump has his armed cross in front of himself, Todd Blanche whispering in his right ear - notable, eyes closed]
5/ Weissmann:
I am awaiting Donald Trump saying he just needs someone to find him one vote (this time, on the jury).
6/ McB:
"Keep the outbursts to a minimum, and stay in your seats afterwards until you're given further instructions," a court officer tells us.
It is tense.
Trump, amazingly, has closed his eyes.
erica orden:
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg just entered the courtroom.
7/ I need a Valium. I'm a wreck.
8/ Ben Feuerherd
Merchan: "Are we ready to bring out the jury?
Steinglass: "Yes, judge."
9/ lol
New York Times Pitchbot
@DougJBalloon
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Martha-Ann Alito has lowered her “Stop the Steal” flag to half-mast in anticipation of a Trump guilty verdict.
10/ Klasfeld:
Jury enters. Little to no eye contact with defendant Trump.
13/ #GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS!!!
ArtemesiaThat's guilty. Guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty,
guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty,
guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty,
guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty!
Jeff Shaffer CBET, retHey, any prison sentences will be concurrent, so who's counting. But yeah, I noticed too late. If I fix it now about 80 people will get an annoying edit notification.
@artemesia
Lucky for tfg (was “the former guy”, now short for “the felonious guy”) that I’m not the judge. With all of the insults Juan Merchan has had to put up with & considering the fact that his crimes were possibly responsible for the election results, I’d give him four years in jail consecutively on all 34 counts.
@GottaLaff
Lucky for tfg (was “the former guy”, now short for “the felonious guy”) that I’m not the judge. With all of the insults Juan Merchan has had to put up with & considering the fact that his crimes were possibly responsible for the election results, I’d give him four years in jail consecutively on all 34 counts.
@GottaLaff
Chris Dudley@CivilityFan @artemesia @GottaLaff He's old with obvious physical and mental health problems. A concurrent sentence could be for life. He just doesn't look to have the stamina of a Jefferson Davis.
@ccdudley85
Is still give him consecutive sentences, just to be sure. Hitler was jailed, but returned and got more power. I want tfg to live a long life behind bars
@artemesia @GottaLaff
Is still give him consecutive sentences, just to be sure. Hitler was jailed, but returned and got more power. I want tfg to live a long life behind bars
@artemesia @GottaLaff
@CivilityFan @artemesia @GottaLaff Hitler was another one who took inspiration from Davis though he did not have his stamina.
@CivilityFan @artemesia @GottaLaff Of course, Davis was wearing clothes when he was busted whereas this weakling was busted for not wearing clothes with a porn actor then screwing the pooch on the cover up. #DozyDonald
Defendants have a first amendment right to badmouth the judge. An excessive sentence is one of the few likely successful grounds for winning an appeal. The way he ran this trial, Merchan demonstrated that being from Colombia is not a fatal flaw in a judge. And I would have said that regardless of the outcome.
I may steal "that felonious guy".