Donald Trump has recognised that the New York trial against him, under Demon-crat judge Juan Merchan, is rigged and even a saint would not succeed. Not only has a biased jury been put into place, but the final nail was from the concluding instructions by the Democrat judge, there was no need for the jury to agree on what crime Trump supposedly committed! They could take their pick on three possible crimes, none of which were firmly laid in the case, as this was a criminal trial without a specified crime. Thus, the jury could go 4-4-4 on the crime issue, even if assigning guilt, and still be regarded as unanimous. Even South American banana republic's courts did not go to those levels of madness and badness. They just shot the guy and got it over with!
This is extraordinary and is done to ensure a guilty verdict. Of course, the legal experts are saying, even those who are not Trump-supporters, that the decision will collapse under appeal. However, what the evil Democrats want is a guilty conviction now, to supposedly boost Biden's dismal opinion polls. Biden has said he will be celebrating a guilty verdict, which just gives the game away. Only thing is that opinion polls, their opinion polls, show that the majority of Americans believe that the trial was a kangaroo court anyway.
All they will do in their corrupt viciousness is make Trump a martyr, and increase his chances of actually draining the swamp as president.
"Former President Donald Trump did not appear pleased with New York County Judge Juan Merchan's jury instructions Thursday morning.
"Mother Teresa could not beat these charges, but we'll see. We'll see how we do. It's a very disgraceful situation," Trump told reporters after the jury began deliberations in his criminal trial.
"These charges are rigged. The whole thing is rigged," he added.
"We're going to take back our country from these fascists and these thugs that are destroying us with inflation and with everything they do," Trump continued, "allowing 15, 16, 17 million people into our country, totally unvetted, totally unchecked."
"We're going to bring back our nation," Trump vowed. "November 5. Remember, most important day in the history of our country."
"In the meantime, this trial is rigged," he said.
Merchan finished jury instructions before lunch. The jury will deliberate until members reach a verdict. They will be dismissed on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. until Thursday.
According to CNN, the jury instructions include:
They must not make a decision based on biases or stereotypes;
They must set aside personal differences;
They must not speculate how long sentencing may be or what the punishment might be – that's up to the judge;
They can't hold it against Trump for not testifying;
The "people must prove beyond a reasonable doubt every element of the crime." He reminds the jury it must not rest its verdict on speculation;
They can consider whether a witness hopes to receive a benefit related to the trial, or if they have an interest in how the case ends;
They cannot convict Trump on Michael Cohen's testimony alone because he's an accomplice, but they can use his evidence if corroborated with other evidence;
The jury must be unanimous if they find Trump guilty on each count – on whether he committed the crime personally, acted in concert with others or both;
They must determine if Trump conspired to promote someone or prevent them from public office by unlawful means;
They should deliberate with a view toward reaching an agreement, without surrendering individual judgement;
Jurors notes cannot be used in place of evidence;
The foreperson will deliver the verdict for each count after deliberations are over;
They must surrender their phones, and can only discuss the case when all 12 of them are together.
One juror who sat for six weeks listening to the evidence presented in a Manhattan courtroom against Trump reportedly appears sympathetic toward him.
Some legal experts, such as constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley, expect the jury will either render a guilty verdict or produce a hung jury that results in a mistrial.
Many legal experts believe there is no good case against Trump.
Increasing numbers of Americans see Trump's criminal trial as irrelevant to his fitness for reelection, a CNN poll recently found, and only 13 percent believe Trump is being treated the same as other "criminal defendants."
A majority of Americans doubt Trump's criminal trial will conclude with a fair outcome, the CNN poll found. Only about one-third of American adults believe Trump did anything illegal regarding the case, an AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll found in April.
The case is New York v. Trump, No. 71543-23, in the New York Supreme Court for New York County.
"Fox News legal analyst Jonathan Turley said Tuesday on Fox News Channel's "Special Report" that former President Donald Trump's New York trial for allegedly falsifying business records related to payments to porn star Stormy Daniel has had many "reversible errors" for an appeal.
Turley said, "I think that of those options, an acquittal is fast moving outside the realm of possibility. I think it's just extremely unlikely. I think the choice between a hung jury and outright conviction. I still think that this is such a weak case one has to give a nod to the hung jury. But, if there is a conviction, and that would not necessarily surprise many of us, no, I don't think that this could make it through an appeal before the election. You can't just leap over the New York appellate system, try to get to the Supreme Court. There are many in my view reversible errors here. I think they are very serious. I think Merchan is not going to be able to correct all of them in these instructions. Every indication is that so far is that these instructions will greatly favor the prosecution."
He added, "There was a huge disadvantage in this system of having the defense go first. For most of us who don't practice here, it's almost unthinkable because it means the defense can't respond to some of these really sweeping statements, in my view, improper statements being made by the prosecutors. They also have an advantage by going long today. They may try to run this towards 8:00, which means if the drop dead time is 7:00. The last thing this jury will hear before instructions will be an hour of their closing argument. That is ideal for the prosecutors."
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/jury-begins-deliberations-trump-hush-money-trial