Juan Merchan admonishes ex-president for ‘gesturing and speaking in the direction of the juror’ as jury selection continues
Donald Trump met a stern rebuke on Tuesday from the jurist presiding over his criminal hush-money trial, with the judge warning: “I won’t have any jurors intimidated in this courtroom.”
Trump’s apparent misbehavior did not derail the trial’s progress; seven jurors were picked by day’s end.
Judge Juan Merchan’s comment came shortly after jury selection resumed after lunch. Trump’s team had found video on one possible juror’s social media that appeared to show a street celebration over his loss in the 2020 election.
She was called in to answer questions about it, and when she left, Merchan directly addressed Trump’s lawyers. “Your client was audible,” Merchan said, noting that she was just 12ft from him.
“It was audible. He was gesturing and he was speaking in the direction of the juror,” Merchan said, insisting he would not accept such behavior.
“I will not have any jurors intimidated in this courtroom,” Merchan admonished. “Take a minute to speak to your client.”
Merchan’s warning to Trump marked a sharp diversion from what was otherwise a relatively routine jury selection process.
Oh no another warning, I bet he is crying spray tan all over his my pillow tonight boy I tell ya.
Yeah, but this is day two of a criminal procedure. To date, Trump has only FAFO’d on civil trials. Shit’s about to get real different if he plays around in the same way.
This shit has actual consequences.
Man, the number of judges who won’t actually put Trump in jail for violating court orders is longer than my dick.
Is it a short list, or is the prining reeeaaaally small?
Sorry, couldn’t help myself. I’m sure you have a perfectly adequate dick. Have a great day.
I like the fact that you’re too nice to let yourself get away with a dick joke without apologizing for it
Ohh, how about rebuking him with a big ass fine for violating that gag order though?
There is at least a fair chance the orange butthole will face real consequences if he breaks the rules again … although I will admit I have only a little hope of it happening.
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If he breaks the rules again
Everyone knows the time-honored “50 strikes and you are out” rule of legal proceedings
So fines, thats a civil trial. This is a criminal trial. He can get hauled to the slammer.
Not at all outside the scope of the trial. Actually, the prosecutors asked for a 3k fine. Within the judge’s ability to do. You can be penalized for violating any judge’s order in any trial.
Edit: I actually only read like one article about the trial today. Yesterday they requested $3k fine during hearings yesterday and I didn’t see any headlines about Trump being fined today, so I am assuming it didn’t happen.
The are zero real consequences for this conduct, so he will not change his behavior. The rest of us would have been fined and jailed for contempt over far less.
Fuck yeah! He was sternly rebuked! The law is not to be messed with. I’m sure his lawyers just made an oversight in telling him the rules and now there will be no more shenanigans.
His local campaign stop in Harlem allows him to make a serious play at winning his native state despite its heavily Democratic lean.
Uhhh… Maybe leave this level of political interpretation to a domestic paper, Guardian.
Wait, the author is American? Wow.
Also, click through to the link even if you don’t like to read stories before commenting. There’s an image halfway through of a brown bodega owner looking very concerned about Trump being in his store and holding on to his young son tightly. It very well might have been a great interaction with one of the odd minority Trump supporters, but damn it if the image doesn’t tell a whole story.
“They want law and order … every week they’re being robbed,” Trump said of businesses in New York, as he tried to compare his prosecution with the state of New York streets. “You know where the crime is? It’s in the bodegas.”
Lol. This bodega is in a sleepy part of Manhattan with immigrants and young families. The major “crimes” are rent prices and a few losers stealing ho-hos.
If there’s anywhere Trump is going to get the majority of votes, it’s Harlem. After all, we know how much black people love him.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-ai-deep-fake-image-black-voters-2024-election-rcna141949
