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Truth Social post from Monday, July 8, 2024

Truth Social Monday, July 8, 2024 3:42 AM

….“Then, when prosecutors showed similar disregard for his own rulings in their closing arguments, Merchan simply let it slide. But none of this, none of this can hold a candle to Merchan’s instructions to the jury before they began deliberations. Firstly, Merchan told the jury they did not have to agree on what crime Trump committed (or, indeed, whether he committed a crime at all). Even if four jurors believed Trump had committed one crime, four believed he had committed a second (but not the first), and four believed he committed a third (but not the first two), Merchan would treat that as a unanimous verdict. In other words, the jury were allowed to act like South Park’s underpants gnomes, and convict Trump under the following theory: \nPoint 1: Trump falsified his business records to commit a crime (specified in point 2) \nPoint 2: ????????????? \nPoint 3: GUILTY!….

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