Trump trial jury reaches verdict in hush
money case
Posted By: Dreadnought, 5/30/2024 5:00:13 PM
A jury has reached a verdict Thursday in the criminal hush money trial of former President Donald Trump in New York. The 12-member jury sent out a note to the trial judge at 4:20 p.m. ET. “We the jury have a verdict. We would like an extra 30 minutes to fill out the forms if that’d be possible,” the note said, according to Judge Juan Merchan, who read it out loud in the courtroom. Jurors deliberated less than 10 hours over two days before sending out the note. Before the announcement, Trump, his lawyers, prosecutors and reporters expected the jury to be dismissed for the day at 4:30 p.m.
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He should have said nothing. His campaign should not have sent people to make a spectacle of themselves earlier in the week at the Trump trial in Manhattan. That was an incredibly ill-considered move, like so much of what Biden has done over his time in office. Then his team issued a disgusting statement, and there was even a report that they were cheering. But Biden — or whoever is in control at the White House — just couldn't stop themselves from having him say something.
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Trump Attorney Todd Blanche: Donald Trump’s
Constitutional Rights Were Violated ‘in
Many Ways’ 4 replies
Constitutional Rights Were Violated ‘in
Many Ways’ 4 replies
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Blanche told FNC host Jesse Watters he felt Trump’s constitutional rights were violated as well.
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“How so?” Watters asked.
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And half the country is ok with it.
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President Trump’s attorney has previously vowed to appeal a conviction expeditiously.
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Derangement Syndrome’, he’s just a
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