Wednesday, May 29, 2024

US_ Trump Jurors Show Signs of ‘Early Disagreement,’ Says Law Professor Jonathan Turley

THE EPOCH TIMES

Trump Jurors Show Signs of ‘Early Disagreement,’ Says Law Professor Jonathan Turley

‘I cannot imagine a need for the instruction unless there was an early disagreement in that room on the evidence and the standards,’ he said.


Professor Jonathan Turley in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill, on Dec. 4, 2019. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

By Tom Ozimek
5/29/2024 Updated: 5/29/2024

Jonathan Turley, a prominent law professor who was in the courtroom during Wednesday’s proceedings in former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York, said that he sees signs of “early disagreement” among the jury after jurors asked to rehear the judge’s instructions.

Jurors in the case deliberated on May 29 after being given
instructions by Judge Juan Merchan, which included telling them that they don’t need to be in agreement on the “unlawful means” that underpin the alleged underlying crime of conspiracy to promote or prevent an election, which prosecutors are relying on to elevate a misdemeanor business records falsification charge to the rank of a felony.

The underlying crime that President Trump is being accused of intending to commit, aid, or conceal is a violation of New York Election Law section 17-152, which
provides that “any two or more persons who conspire to promote or prevent the election of any person to a public office by unlawful means and which conspiracy is acted upon by one or more of the parties thereto, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.”

Prosecutors have alleged that President Trump fraudulently misclassified non-disclosure payments to adult film actress Stephanie Clifford as part of an attempt to influence the 2016 presidential election in which he was a candidate.

President Trump maintains his innocence and has alleged that the trial is a politically-motivated bid to undermine his 2024 presidential run.

As the jury deliberated, the jurors sent a series of notes to the judge, including one that requested testimony transcripts and another, filed at 3:51 p.m., asking to re-hear Judge Merchan’s instructions.

...


READ MORE: https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-jurors-show-signs-of-early-disagreement-says-law-professor-jonathan-turley-5659160?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=lead-special-2024-election-medium-0

***

Chân thành cám ơn Quý Anh Chị ghé thăm "conbenho Nguyễn Hoài Trang Blog"
Xin được lắng nghe ý kiến chia sẻ của Quý Anh Chị trực tiếp tại Diễn Đàn Paltalk:
1Latdo Tapdoan Vietgian CSVN Phanquoc Bannuoc.
Kính Chúc Sức Khỏe Quý Anh Chị.

conbenho
Tiểu Muội quantu
Nguyễn Hoài Trang
30052024

__________________________
Cộng sản Việt Nam là TỘI ÁC
Bao che, dung dưỡng TỘI ÁC là ĐỒNG LÕA với TỘI ÁC

No comments: