Cannon’s jury instruction order could crush Jack Smith’s case The Trump-appointed may have made her strangest move yet in the former president’s classified documents case. March 19, 2024, 6:59 PM UTC By Jordan Rubin U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is a...
Trump lawyer Emil Bove noted, “Mr. Weisselberg’s absence from this trial is a very complicated issue” and may require a jury instruction about uncalled witnesses. The reason Mr. Weisselberg is not available as a witness is that the DA’s office “initiated a perjury prosecution in the ...
“That should be clarified,” defense attorney Emil Bove said. “We think it should be clear to the jury that hush money alone is not illegal.” Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass opposed the instruction and said it amounted to asking the judge to make the defense’s “argument for them.” Justi...
Once the jury was excused for a lunch break, prosecutor Joshua Steinglass asked Merchan, the judge, to issue an instruction to the jury about sentencing, calling the comment a "blatant and wholly inappropriate effort to gain sympathy" for Trump. Merchan agreed, saying the comment was "outrage...
The right guaranteed in the Sixth and Seventh Amendments to fair jury trials for accused criminals is a dead letter. More than 95 percent of criminal cases end in a plea bargain. The Eighth Amendment protection against cruel and unusual punishment is a dead letter too, especially if you happen...
“This is Democrat political lawfare and a witch hunt at a level never seen before.” Trump plans to appeal the decision, his attorneys said. “Today’s outrageous decision is completely disconnected from the facts and governing law,” Christopher Kise, a lawyer for Trump, said in a state...
Trump has long denounced the cases against him as “witch hunts.” He was indicted by a federal grand jury in 2023 on four counts in the case investigating his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Thatcase won’t go to trialbefore Nov. 5, and if Trump wins ree...
Judge mostly sides with prosecution in debate over jury instruction language Merchan sided with the defense a few times as the two sides argued over jury charge language, but for the most part found prosecutors' arguments more persuasive.
Judge Merchan said he would give jurors, who are not yet present in the room, an instruction cautioning them about Daniels’ testimony claiming she was accosted and threatened in a parking lot in 2011. The judge said he was surprised there weren’t more objections from the defense to Daniel...
https://www.rawstory.com/jan-6-grand-jury-asked-questions-indicate-trump-subject-of-doj-probe/ For the past 6 years, the FBI and DOJ became the enforcement arm for the Democratic Party of Jackasses and their Our Democracy™ – Kj. ~~~*~~~ Trump Requests Return of Materials Seized in...