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WarGamer

(18,318 posts)
Mon Apr 3, 2023, 10:17 PM Apr 2023

If/When a Jury is seated in the trial of Donald J. Trump...

How in the hell will they pick jurors?

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/amendment-6/right-to-an-impartial-jury-current-doctrine

From reading this... it seems Trump has every right to have 6 Trump voters on the jury.

They must have no knowledge of the Stormy/NDA case...

But an opinion of the defendant isn't a deal breaker.

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If/When a Jury is seated in the trial of Donald J. Trump... (Original Post) WarGamer Apr 2023 OP
Voir dire will take awhile. Ocelot II Apr 2023 #1
And I can see a change of venue being successful... WarGamer Apr 2023 #2
To where? There's no place on earth where there are prospective jurors Ocelot II Apr 2023 #4
I honestly wouldn't be shocked if he gets acquitted. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2023 #3
I think getting a unanimous verdict is a very tall order even on an open and shut case unblock Apr 2023 #5

WarGamer

(18,318 posts)
2. And I can see a change of venue being successful...
Mon Apr 3, 2023, 10:19 PM
Apr 2023

If it's denied by the Case Judge, somewhere upstairs it'll be ordered.

Ocelot II

(129,722 posts)
4. To where? There's no place on earth where there are prospective jurors
Mon Apr 3, 2023, 10:22 PM
Apr 2023

who are "untainted" by knowledge of the case. TFG isn't entitled to jurors who voted for him; he's only entitled to jurors who are able to set aside personal biases for or against him and consider the evidence objectively. Also, an order denying a change of venue is generally considered to be interlocutory and therefore not appealable.

OAITW r.2.0

(31,730 posts)
3. I honestly wouldn't be shocked if he gets acquitted.
Mon Apr 3, 2023, 10:22 PM
Apr 2023

Georgia and MAL will be the the test to if we allow some people to be above the law.

unblock

(56,071 posts)
5. I think getting a unanimous verdict is a very tall order even on an open and shut case
Mon Apr 3, 2023, 10:42 PM
Apr 2023

One person out of 12 getting bamboozled or buying any of a number of silly arguments the defense throws at them?

It's all political, or vindictive prosecution, or bad precedent to lock up a former president, or maybe they'll say he had no idea what was going on at his companies he just signed papers.

Whatever horsecrap they serve up, someone will swallow it.

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