His lawyers failed (forgot?) to file the form requesting a jury trial. Ha ha ha.

[LonePirate]

The trial will be decided by the presiding judge.

I’m still laughing.

[leftieNanner]

1. Only the best!

[yardwork]

2. Could that have been a deliberate choice?

[patphil]

12. That could be. It makes him look more like a victim for his base.

[riversedge]

3. #theGOPclownshowcontinues.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. The parking lot attorney, Alina Habba, forget to ask for a jury trial

[Takket]

8. I think jenna Ellis was the parking lot attorney

Hard to keep all these grifters straight lol

[Grins]

24. No. She's the traffic court attorney.

And not a good one, either.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Agagh!

[Lettuce Be]

6. Requesting jury trial is included in the initial caption on the Complaint itself

Weird, really. Nearly every case requests a jury trial because you have a chance with a jury. This type of case in front of only a judge? Not a good chance. That's what he gets for hiring inexperienced lawyers.

[getagrip_already]

7. This phase would always have been a bench trial...

According to the legals on meidas touch, this phase is almost always handles as a bench trial in nys. It is true that his dime store lawyer didn't check the box for a jury trial for the main event though. But since it was a directed verdict, no trial was needed.

[Recycle_Guru]

9. this is the main event

pre-trial motions are done. If they had checked the box, they'd be going through jury selection

[getagrip_already]

11. The main event is already decidrd.....

James made a motion for a default judgement and the judge agreed on two of the most serious charges. He already ruled that that the defendents engaged in persistent fraud, and ordered that the trump org and all subsidiaries be dissolved and their assets be put into receivership.

The remaining charges are to determine damages and other issues. This portion would have come after the two charges already decided would have been presented to a jury, but would have been handled as a bench trial.

The default judgement eliminated the need for a trial to establish guilt, which is where a jury would have been used.

[Recycle_Guru]

23. correct. I was just pointing out a jury would be there if requested

as this is the main trial--not pretrial hearings

[Zambero]

10. Diverted campaign funds well spent!

"Stop the Steal" should be applied to TFG's legal team, if in fact they are actually getting paid.

[NowISeetheLight]

17. Paid For

The cheapskate probably found paralegals on one of those legal docs websites.

[herding cats]

13. I've thought about this a lot.

Since it's a civil trial they would pick 6 jurors and it would only require 5 to rule against him.

Maybe they thought the odds of 2 of 6 New Yorkers not hating him were just too risky for them to chance it?

[republianmushroom]

14. Well, maybe his attorneys are that stupid.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

15. 🤡

[erronis]

30. "Looks like I stepped in my poop again and left the toilet paper stuck to my shoe....'

"That's OK - I'll get some toadie to lick it off. They are so stupid!"

[twodogsbarking]

16. Maybe he could get a lawyer on craigslist.

[Demobrat]

18. That's what happens when you don't pay them

They get sloppy

[SleeplessinSoCal]

19. Probably because they knew he had no intention of paying them.

[edhopper]

20. It was this legal genius

her qualifications are she lives in Bedminster NJ and is good looking. She failed to check the box. Also lost several other Trump cases.

[BComplex]

26. Looks a little bit like Melania, but with clothes on.

[BradBo]

21. That lawyer that forgot is standing right next to him..

..at the beginning of court today. I forgot her name though. I think he’s having sex with her. It’s that gal right above my post.

[albacore]

28. OK...... can we all agree not to mention trump having sex in any of our posts?

Just the thought of it made me throw up a little in my mouth.

[ET Awful]

22. It was likely deliberate to give a reason for appeal - ineffective counsel

I'm guessing it was tactical

[Warpy]

25. That was Alina Habba's job

but she was too busy with appearances on Pox and Newsmax to keep up with the paperwork.

Ha ha ha.

She'd better hope somebody offers her a media contract, her days as a flashy lawyer are over.

[IbogaProject]

27. Habba is a NJ attorney

She probably wasn't familiar with how New York State Civil Procedure goes. And I'll doubt "ineffective council" will be able to move the needle much. He failed to provide a coherent defense. Civil trial is about preponderance of any evidence, so the burden is on the defendant to rebut the plaintiff's claims. He and his team failed to make any substantive claims so he got hit with a default judgment this is now only about assessing damages.

[Historic NY]

29. OMG even with a traffic ticket you can have a trial

in front of the bench or get a plea bargain, generally, people can request an information of fact about the charge. An officer will to take a reduced plea will sometimes tell the person not to request the information and come to court.

[Hassler]

31. You get what you pay for. Chump doesn't pay, so he gets screwed.