Due to an oversight, Trump’s attorneys failed to ask for a jury trial within the time allotted to them

  • @[email protected]
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    239 months ago

    I’m just some idiot on the internet who doesn’t know what I’m talking about, but…

    Is it possible this isn’t a mistake? If you’re going to try to win a trial through corruption and wrongdoings, it seems easier to illicitly win over (and have it stay quiet) one person than half of a jury, no?

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      79 months ago

      This judge already appears to have an axe to grind with Trump, so, uh, it probably would have been easier with a jury.

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        129 months ago

        That’s their play, they don’t want a jury because they’re trying to pay the groundwork for a mistrial via judicial bias but that is a high jump and they’re stumbling on molehills.

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      39 months ago

      Sounds like he’s setting up an appeal to a sympathetic judge on the basis of “the evil liberals were mean to me!”

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          29 months ago

          The jury has to be unanimous no matter the decision. If they can’t agree, they either deliberate as long as it takes, or if the jury is hung, then they’ll reduce the charges.