It took four days to seat 12 jurors and six alternates to serve on the historic first criminal trial of a former U.S. president. But if New York Judge Juan Merchan decides it necessary to sequester them to protect them and also limit the exposure to the rabid interest on the hush money case — it could be a very involved process. "The logistics of sequestering a jury are really daunting and the expense is high and jurors don't like it, necessarily," retired federal judge John Jones III said...
Oh please, please, pretty please -- pleeeaase, Judge Merchan, throw Trump in jail. We can't wait for the t-shirts and coffee cups -- and ballots.
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's case against Donald Trump had already hit a few snags, but now, Judge Merchan may have made a critical error that could reverse the Trump verdict upon appeal by allowing prosecutors to make certain arguments, according to GWU University law professor Jonathan Turley.
“THIS SCAM ‘RUSHED’ TRIAL IS BEING PRESIDED OVER BY POSSIBLY THE MOST CONFLICTED JUDGE IN JUDICIAL HISTORY,” former President Donald Trump declared via Truth Social.
Judge Juan Merchan finally ruled on Donald Trump's alleged gag order violations in his New York criminal trial. As the second week of testimony started Tuesday, the judge found the defendant in criminal contempt for willfully violating the order nine times. Merchan imposed the maximum legal fine of $1,000 for each violation and warned the presumptive GOP presidential nominee that jail may be next. Read the ruling here: Subscribe to the Deadline: Legal Newsletter for weekly updates on the top...
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Judge Juan Merchan, the jurist overseeing Donald Trump's criminal case in New York over an alleged hush-money cover up scheme, is hanging something over the head of the former president's attorneys, a former prosecutor said on Saturday. Legal analyst and former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti appeared on MSNBC, where he was asked why Merchan hasn't ruled on whether Trump has violated an expanded gag order imposed upon him in the case. The order limits Trump's attacks on potential witnesses...
Donald Trump went after Judge Merchan on social media moments after the gag order hearing during his hush money election interference trial. Yet, Trump looked “small, tired and alone” in the courtroom experts in attendance observed.
The Idaho judge overseeing the murder case against student stabbings suspect Bryan Kohberger is allowing the defense to resume polling potential jurors after prosecutors claimed questions could have damaged the jury pool. Latah County Prosecuting Attorney Bill Thompson argued that some of the questions in the survey violated a restrictive gag order on the case, which prevents the parties from making extrajudicial statements about facts – and in this case, rumors – that are not included in the...