Justice Juan Merchan slams former president for his ‘audible’ remarks and gestures towards potential juror

The Manhattan judge presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money trial slammed the former president for “audibly” commenting about a juror and “gesticulating” towards her.

“I won’t tolerate it. I will not have any jurors intimidated in this courtroom,” said an incensed New York Justice Juan Merchan. “I want to make that crystal clear.”

The former president’s legal team, after questioning a first-round of potential jurors who could deliver a verdict against him, asked to speak with one potential juror who appeared to post a video on social media showing New Yorkers celebrating. Defence attorney Todd Blanche said it appeared to be anti-Trump.

  • @snekerpimp
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    742 months ago

    No judge wants to be the first to find him in contempt and throw him in jail for the night. Why? I mutter under my breath for a parking ticket and my ass is in jail.

    • @SupraMario
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      Rules for thee not for me.

      Anyone of us plebeians would have been in jail a long time ago.

    • @CaptainPedantic
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      92 months ago

      I’m sure the judge and the judge’s family’s lives would be immediately threatened by his deranged followers. So that could be part of it.

      • @Fredselfish
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        Thens he a fucking coward and they should get a judge who will not give in terrorist. I swear he could probably talk shit to the judges face continue to talk about the jury and they won’t do shit.

    • FenrirIII
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      72 months ago

      You just need your own violent cult.

  • @CaptainSpaceman
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    542 months ago

    Manhattan prosecutors have separately asked Judge Merchan to fine the former president $1,000 each for a series of social media posts that they argued violate a protective order that bans Mr Trump from publicly attacking witnesses and other parties in the case.

    A fine? That’ll stop him for sure this time, right?

    • @[email protected]
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      If the fine would be based the offender’s means or calculated as x daily income, he might feel it. Give him a 60 day-fine for a social media post. Or just take a percentage of his assets when he breaks the rules.

      It’s just a little fantasy of mine. America doesn’t seem to have consequences for the ruling/owner class, baring some extreme circumstances.

      • @Passerby6497
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        Specifically t, do it based on reported net worth. Oh, you’re a billionaire? Cool, here’s a .5% fine for every comment you make. That’s 5mill/billion net worth/comment. For those doing the math, that’s 18.5m/comment based on his reported worth.

        He’ll owe Leticia James less in a week.

  • @blazera
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    162 months ago

    Admonished? Did we get tired of “slammed”?

  • @Toneswirly
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    Slamma jamma ding dong

    Edit: why am i getting ratio’d right now? Buncha joyless blowhards on here. I guess you guys like when news stories use “blast” and “slam” constantly?