Nonilex , (edited ) to random
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Tues 29 May 2024 🧵
Good morning! It’s the last day of the #TrumpTrial before jury #deliberations.
Today Justice #Merchan will give #JuryInstructions. Then they will discuss the case among themselves for the first time; they have not been allowed to even discuss it w/each other as yet.

Closing arguments took place yesterday, & the lawyers will have no further opportunity to address the jurors before they determine whether #Trump is #guilty or not guilty of 34 felonies.

#criminal #law

Nonilex OP ,
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Justice explains the reason prosecutors charged w/falsifying business records as a : Because, they say, he covered up a second , violating the state that forbids a to aid a person’s by .

Last week, prosecution won a major argument when they argued that the jurors did not have to agree on the “unlawful means” () they might determine that Trump used.

Nonilex , to random
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🧵 Tues 21 May 2024

Testimony may conclude today in Trump’s NY trial, after 5 weeks & 22 witnesses.

Yesterday the jury was introduced to , a associate & who acted as a “back-channel” for to in the summer of 2018.

Yesterday, Costello behaved so atrociously on the witness stand that Juan Merchan cleared the courtroom to admonish him & the defense attorneys. Costello is due back on the stand

Nonilex OP ,
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Defense argues that to reach a jurors MUST not only to agree that had falsified records to conceal a to win an election by unlawful means, but also jurors must be unanimous on what the are; making reaching a verdict nearly impossible.

Trump's attys argued that while that unanimity is not required by , Justice Merchan can use his discretion in asking for it.

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