On the second day of the former president’s New York criminal trial, the defense argued against seating jurors who had posted negatively about him online
Donald Trump, a man renowned for craving adulation and approval, has this week been confronted with the disdain of Manhattanites called as prospective jurors in his New York criminal trial for allegedly falsifying business records to cover up a hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. No wonder he’s apparently trying to sleep through the proceedings.
While no jurors were selected on Monday — with dozens excused after indicating they could not be fair and impartial in weighing the 34 felony charges against Trump — seven made the cut on Tuesday. (The court will need 18 people to qualify in all: 12 jurors and six alternates.) However, more were dismissed after questions arose about content they had shared on social media that disparaged the former president, and Trump himself was not spared from hearing what they had posted.
One potential juror ruled out on Tuesday was a man who recently shared an AI-generated video of Trump saying “I’m dumb as fuck,” according to reporter Josh Kovensky of Talking Points Memo. The man had evidently tried to conceal his opinion of Trump during earlier questioning, per The New York Times, and protested that the video was only something he “reposted,” but Judge Juan Merchan dismissed him.
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Just in case this ever comes up in court: DONALD TRUMP IS A PIECE OF SHIT. lol
Let it be known in the Book of Ages that boydster stands with you in solidarity. Donald Trump is, in fact, a piece of shit.
I hope I’m not being too forward, but I’d like to throw my support in with you and c/Steve in saying Donald Trump is a total piece of shit. (If you’ll have me on the team.)
One potential juror ruled out on Tuesday was a man who recently shared an AI-generated video of Trump saying “I’m dumb as fuck,” according to reporter Josh Kovensky of Talking Points Memo.
That is like the least offensive criticism of Trump I’ve ever heard of. In fact, the most offensive part of it is what a waste of AI it is to make such a stupid video.
I was actually about to to comment about how that’s the only acceptable use for AI. It seems we’re at… loggerheads
Have you seen the video of the AI generated Trump/Biden debate? Parts of that were hilarious.
You can also use it to write custom heartfelt notes for birthday messages for coworkers. And you can give it the ingredients in your kitchen and ask for a recipe that uses them up.
The notion that Trump might walk for his dozens of crimes because the sheer breadth of his infamy precludes a fair trial is some perverse irony.
Not really how it works. The defense and prosecution do have an unlimited number of challenges to jurors who admit they can’t be impartial or can be proven to have such bias. They have a set number of challenges they don’t need to justify.
Even if you run out of jurors, the mistrial doesn’t trigger double jeopardy.
I would be so torn between my civic duty as a juror on this trial and being able to belittle him right to his face while he’s in earshot and has to listen.
I fucking love this, mostly because he isn’t insulated by his “yes” men and gets to see what a real random sampling of people actually think about him.
