Due to an oversight, Trump’s attorneys failed to ask for a jury trial within the time allotted to them
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?
This judge already appears to have an axe to grind with Trump, so, uh, it probably would have been easier with a jury.
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.
Not a mistake. They plan to win on appeal.
Sounds like he’s setting up an appeal to a sympathetic judge on the basis of “the evil liberals were mean to me!”
You only need one juror though, no?
I’m honestly not sure. Does a jury vote need to be unanimous for a guilty verdict?
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.
So the repeated (ad nauseum) Trump claim “I only hire the best people” isn’t accurate?
I only hire the best people*
*that will actually agree to work for me, which is a small and shrinking list.
and probably not get paid
I’ll let the team over at Legal Eagle answer that one
If Trump could hire the best lawyers money could buy, he would.
Problem is he is either stiffed his previous lawyers, so the smart ones don’t trust him.
Or those lawyers are now witnesses in his legal battles. So they can’t represent him.
Yeah when your lawyers have to record you (believe it’s something from Cohen’s testimony) to have a backup of what you requested, you don’t get the best lawyers. Trump would never hire someone that seems smarter them himself, he has to be the most intelligent person in the room (lol). No one intelligent would really act dumb enough to be hired by someone who is notorious for not paying, mean unless there’s other factors but he’s not getting a highly regarded and clean lawyer at this point.
Anyone else have fun thinking about how fictional lawyers would represent Trump?
Like I could see someone like Lionel Hutz representing Trump. Maybe Barry Zuckercorn.
Not Bob Loblaw. I think Saul Goodman might pass on him. Kim Wexler I could see doing it probono.
It’s absolutely accurate, we just never asked by what metric “best” was being measured.
“Best” in this case was apparently “someone dumb enough to think Trump won’t screw them out of money.” :P
Did he fire his attorneys? No? Then it was on purpose. He’s building up to some political bullshit.
Lol this is fantastic. The trial is going to be an absolute blast :D
I posted this story in politics from another source a few days ago and it was removed because apparently the source wasn’t good enough and people couldn’t find it anywhere else. It was the only source reporting it at the time, but ok then.
edit: guess it was farther back than I remember, here’s that article from ~3 weeks ago
https://washingtonpress.com/2023/09/12/attorney-error-trump-eschews-jury-in-manhattan-case/
edit2: yep, 19 days ago
I’d love to see the judge rule from the bench on this.
It also really limits his appeals options.
