The choose in Donald Trump’s hush cash trial despatched a letter to the ex-president’s legal professionals and the prosecutors warning of an incriminating social media publish that went up earlier than the jury reached its verdict within the historic case.
The twelve New York jurors discovered Trump responsible on 34 counts of falsifying enterprise data on Could 30. Sentencing is ready for July 11. He’s the primary former president to discovered responsible on prison prices.
However in a letter to Trump’s lawyer Todd Blanche, prosecutor Joshua Steinglass and different legal professionals within the trial, Choose Juan Merchan delivered to their consideration a remark posted on the Unified Court docket System’s public Fb web page.
The publish is from a person ‘Michael Anderson.’ It reads ‘My cousin is a juror and says Trump is getting convicted [emoji] Thanks of us for all of your had work!!!!’
Merchan wrote in his letter that the remark was posted on Could 29, the day earlier than the jury discovered Trump responsible.
It was posted in response to oral arguments within the Fourth Division of the dAppellate Division unrelated to the trial.
Donald Trump leaving the court docket after a jury discovered him responsible on all 34 counts of falsifying enterprise data
The incriminating publish raises questions on whether or not one of many jurors did in truth focus on the case with others once they weren’t allowed to.
If that have been the case, it might be grounds for a mistrial.
