Fogbow

realist wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 2:06 pm

Volkonski wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:47 pm Judge outlines how individual jurors will be questioned

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/ ... index.html

Judge Juan Merchan said he has changed his mind on how they will question individual jurors.

The judge said if they are going to speak to an individual juror, they will clear the courtroom of all the other jurors and send them back to the general room.

The judge said he's doing this so the juror does not feel intimidated speaking in front of a full courtroom. The juror would then answer questions from the podium with the judge, attorneys, Trump and some members of the press in the room.

Trump's attorney, however, is pushing back. The judge said the side room is designed to hold 12 people "and we are well over that number."

"We want to know who we’re getting on this jury. Anything we do discouraging jurors from being 100% open, kind of cuts against that," Merchan says, explaining his concern about having jurors in front of so many people.

That's pretty unusual. Normally what I've seen is when a juror doesn't wish to answer a question in front of all the other jurors and others in the courtroom, the judge and attorneys would leave the courtroom and go to a jury room or judge's chambers to speak with the juror. Seems ridiculous to have the rest of the panel leave and come back, but it's his courtroom.

Donald Trump's lawyers told the court that former president changed his mind about wanting to be at sidebars.

He signed a form waiving his right to do so and confirmed that audibly to Judge Juan Merchan answering, "yes."

Donald Trump's lawyers told the court that former president changed his mind about wanting to be at sidebars.

He signed a form waiving his right to do so and confirmed that audibly to Judge Juan Merchan answering, "yes."

AndyinPA wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:23 pm

noblepa wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 3:02 pm

AndyinPA wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:23 pm

Is that one of Mike Lindell's pillows?

The video is disabled, but we hear Merchan has welcomed the jurors back in, and he asks them to listen for their number because this time it'll be a little different.

"This will be your permanent seat for the duration of the trial," he says.

To recap where we are now:

Six jurors have been seated on the jury.

By the end of jury selection, the jury will have 12 members, as well as alternatives.

Judge Juan Merchan said he thinks there will be six alternatives, but they could land on a different number, if needed.

Donald Trump's team has used six of his 10 preemptive challenges.

The district attorney's office has used four of its 10 challenges.

Lisa Rubin @lawofruby wrote: NEW: Not even 2 days in, Judge Merchan calls out Trump’s conduct, telling Todd Blanche “while the juror was about 12 feet from client, your client was audibly saying something in her direction….I will not have any juror intimidated in this courtroom.”

raison de arizona wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:16 pm tfg already trying to intimidate jurors, that didn't take long.
https://x.com/lawofruby/status/1780308120713019584

Lisa Rubin @lawofruby wrote: NEW: Not even 2 days in, Judge Merchan calls out Trump’s conduct, telling Todd Blanche “while the juror was about 12 feet from client, your client was audibly saying something in her direction….I will not have any juror intimidated in this courtroom.”

southpaw @nycsouthpaw wrote: There is seriously far, far too much identifying information about prospective jurors, several of whom are now empaneled, coming out in the press. With a commercial database subscription and linkedin, I imagine it’d be trivial to create short lists or identify them outright.