New York- Juan Merchan, the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York City, has told the former President’s defense attorney and a Manhattan prosecutor that there’s been a new development in the case in which on May 30 a jury found Mr. Trump guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records. On […]
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A New Development in Donald Trump’s New York Case (AUDIO)
New York- Juan Merchan, the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York City, has told the former President’s defense attorney and a Manhattan prosecutor that there’s been a new development in the case in which on May 30 a jury found Mr. Trump guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records.
On June 7th, Judge Merchan sent a letter to Trump attorney Todd Blanche and ADA Joshua Steinglass about a posting on the Unified Court System’s public Facebook page.
The comment was in response to a routine UCS notice, posted on May 29, 2024.
The comment stated: “My cousin is a juror and says Trump is getting convicted…Thank you folks for all your hard work!!!”
It’s not clear if the individual who posted the comment is, in fact, related to a juror that heard the case or had indeed received information about the verdict. But it does raise questions, and some court observers are wondering if it could also jeopardize D.A. Alvin Bragg’s entire case against the former president.
Mr. Trump was scheduled to appear for sentencing on July 11 before the discovery of the Facebook comment.