Due to an oversight, Trump’s attorneys failed to ask for a jury trial within the time allotted to them

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    1 year ago

    I’m just some idiot on the internet who doesn’t know what I’m talking about, but…

    Is it possible this isn’t a mistake? If you’re going to try to win a trial through corruption and wrongdoings, it seems easier to illicitly win over (and have it stay quiet) one person than half of a jury, no?

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        1 year ago

        That’s their play, they don’t want a jury because they’re trying to pay the groundwork for a mistrial via judicial bias but that is a high jump and they’re stumbling on molehills.

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        1 year ago

        I’m honestly not sure. Does a jury vote need to be unanimous for a guilty verdict?

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          The jury has to be unanimous no matter the decision. If they can’t agree, they either deliberate as long as it takes, or if the jury is hung, then they’ll reduce the charges.

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      1 year ago

      Don’t trick yourself into “4D chess” nonsense.

      These people are exactly as dumb as they seem.

      That goes double for The Idiot, whose legal representation is a clusterfuck because he’s a nightmare client who can’t shut up and constantly stiffs his lawyers.