• theprogressivist @lemmy.world
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    Donnie’s complaints

    • Complained about not having a jury
    • Complained about having a jury
    • Complained about jury selection being too boring
    • Complained about falling asleep and being called Sleepy Don.
    • Complained he can’t see Baron’s graduation
    • Complained at a Bodega about Bodegas being the epicenter of violence and crime
    • Complained about not having unlimited STRIKERS
    • Complained about gag order
    • Complained about gag order being enforced
    • Complained about Jimmy Kimmel hurting his feelings at the Oscar’s, which was 38 days ago.

    Wah wah wah. Fucking crybaby. How about not breaking the fucking law asshole?

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    “I thought STRIKES were supposed to be ‘unlimited’ when we were picking our jury?” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.

    State law, a law that’s been around for over a hundred years, limits it to 10 strikes.

    That’s what he gets for thinking again.

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      Trump always complains when he has to follow the rules. Doesn’t matter what the rule is, he always wants to be the exception.

      It probably comes from the decades of experience he has in not having to follow the rules.

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        And he’s always been a lying manipulative piece of shit too.

        Exemplifying that here - he actually does get unlimited strikes if there’s a legal reason that juror shouldn’t be there (e.g. if they say, “I’m not going to consider the evidence, I’ve already made up my mind.”) He’s only limited to 10 strikes without having a legal basis for them, but his followers are going to see Trump’s whining and walk away with the impression that his lawyers are forced to spend those 10 strikes on “I’ve already made up my mind” jurors.

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          Trump supporters already have the impression that all the potential jurors are out to get Trump, because their whole worldview necessitates a constant attitude of victimhood.

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    You couldn’t pay me enough to be a juror for that trial. Sure, just paint a target on my back for this cult leader who’s backed by half the government!

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    Is it reasonable to think that if his lawyers get even one maga nut on the jury, they’d have to re-try the case?

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      I am pretty certain jury verdicts have to be unanimous or it’s a mistrial, so, yeah, that’s a reasonable thing to think

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        The parts of my family that are Trump supporters are all from NYC. I imagine they never have actually met Trump though. I imagine actually meeting him would cure them.

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      It’s up to the government to decide whether or not they re-try a case if there is a hung jury. It’s my understanding that most of the time, they do not re-try the case because of the time and effort involved with no guarantee that the outcome would be any different. So usually a hung jury is a victory for the defense.

      I’m not a lawyer, that’s just my layman’s understanding from the legal stuff I’ve seen and read.

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    I just like that, for the past couple of days, he’s had to sit there and listen to people offer their unfiltered opinions about him as they were entered into the public record. Honestly, I was kinda hoping it’d go on for another day or two so he’d have a rage stroke.

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    You know how many times he’s asked his lawyers if they could? At least a dozen.

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    Of course that’s what he wants to do. Reject all of them and then have the judge declare a mistrial when they can’t seat a full jury.