Judge Juan Marchand, who is presiding over former President Donald Trump’s business records trial, warned Trump’s lawyer, Todd Blanche, and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Joshua Steinglass about comments made by someone claiming to be the cousin of one of the jurors.
in letter In a letter to Blanche and Steinglass, Marchant said the Court was “aware of comments” posted on the Unified Court System’s Facebook page in which a Facebook user revealed the jury’s guilty verdict the day before Trump was convicted.
“Today, the Court became aware of a comment posted on the Unified Court System’s public Facebook page and would like to advise you of this,” Marchan wrote in the letter.
Marchan added that a Facebook user named Michael Anderson left a comment saying, “My cousin is on the jury and he says Trump will be found guilty.”
The user added: “Thank you all for your hard work!!!!”
Judge Marchan notified the parties in Trump’s case that inappropriate comments had been posted on the New York court’s Facebook page on May 29, the day before Trump’s conviction. pic.twitter.com/EszX3HClLN
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“These comments, now believed to be one week old, were in response to UCS’s routine notice of oral argument in the Fourth Appellate Division, posted on May 29, 2024, which is unrelated to this proceeding,” Marchan continued.
On May 30, Trump was convicted of 34 counts of first-degree falsifying business records regarding payments he made to adult entertainment star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Marchan added in the letter that the comments can be found on the New York State Unified Court System Facebook page, but the post was Appearance It may have been deleted.
Under New York LawThe law provides that a defendant may move to set aside a verdict for jury misconduct only if it can prove, “by a preponderance of the evidence,” that jury misconduct occurred and that the misconduct “created a substantial risk of prejudice.” NBC News.
