BREAKING: Stalinist Judge Merchan Directs Jury to Choose Among These Three Crimes to Convict Trump – Jurors Don’t Have to Unanimously Agree!
(www.thegatewaypundit.com)
🤡 Pick A Door 1, 2, Or 3. 🤡
Judge Merchan is allowing the jurors to choose ONE of the three predicate crimes. Jurors do NOT have to unanimously agree on which of the three predicate crimes Trump committed.
Of course, this will make it easier to convict Trump.
Jonathan Turley and his take on the instructions in link below.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1795799848416952421.html
One of the three predicate crimes is violations of federal election campaign law yet Merchan wouldn't allow former FEC Chair Brad Smith to testify about it for the defense.
Exactly, Clown show in progress.
This is not exactly accurate. There's like 3 levels to this
They have to be unanimous on the original crime which is false business records. 1st level
False business records become a felony when used to cover up another crime. 2nd level They have to be unanimous about the second level crime. the second level crime rhey are pointing to this crime
N.Y. Elec. Law § 17-152 Conspiracy to promote or prevent election 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.
They do not have to be unanimous about the "unlawful means" This is the third level
This is not because of Trump. Trump's lawyer admitted in court, the unlawful means need not be unanimous according to new York law.
Here's the actual instructions https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GOxPRfdXMAA4_CM?format=jpg&name=small
This may be clearer.
https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-trump-trial-jury-unanimous-verdict-679053515836
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The judge told the jury that to convict Trump on any given charge, they will have to find unanimously — that is, all 12 jurors must agree — that the former president created a fraudulent entry in his company’s records or caused someone else to do so, and that he did so with the intent of committing or concealing a crime.
Prosecutors say the crime Trump committed or hid is a violation of a New York election law making it illegal for two or more conspirators “to promote or prevent the election of any person to a public office by unlawful means.”
Merchan gave the jurors three possible “unlawful means” they can apply to Trump’s charges: falsifying other business records, breaking the Federal Election Campaign Act or submitting false information on a tax return.
For a conviction, each juror would have to find that at least one of those three things happened, but they don’t have to agree unanimously on which it was.
Thank you for the link