Prosecutors in former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial, led by Democratic Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, are trying to “advantage” Trump in jury selection. “We’re trying to find out if he’s ever been involved in supporting the president,” Trump’s attorney Jesse Vinal said.・I didn’t ask the same question about my support for President Biden,” he said in an interview. Breitbart News Daily.
Vinal, the Trump lawyer who was involved in the former president’s civil suit and the Jan. 6 lawsuit, said the current criminal trial comes as Bragg is indicting Trump on 34 felonies for allegedly falsifying business records. Told.
Vinall said jury selection varies by jurisdiction and is different in every case, and in this case, jurors “based the majority of their selection on a questionnaire that was sent to them.” , explained that it is “very advantageous to the prosecution.” ”
“For example, these surveys have a ton of questions aimed at weeding out Trump supporters, but there don’t seem to be many questions that focus on who is actually biased.” against President Trump,” he explained.
He gave an example, noting that the survey asked respondents whether they had ever attended a Trump rally or volunteered for Trump’s campaign. That’s not the end.
“What news outlets do you get your news from, and we’re looking at people who might be listening to talk radio, you know, cable news shows that might seem favorable to President Trump. We focused a lot of our questions on trying to find out whether you’ve been involved in supporting President Trump over the years,” he said. “They may have been involved in supporting President Biden, and as a juror they may have political biases or prejudices that would make them want to convict President Trump in order to influence the presidential election. They don’t ask any questions.”
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“As you said, if you’re in a jurisdiction where Biden won 85-15 in 2020, that’s going to be very important, but they’re kind of passing the graveyard about it. So these jury questionnaires are very one-sided,” the Trump attorney added, calling this “a very big concern here.”
He added that Mr. Bragg’s office and Judge Marchan were “unlikely to recant on this matter.” But Binal stressed that if only one or two jurors actually give President Trump a fair trial, “in that case he would be acquitted.” ..That’s why they are afraid of it. ”
“So they want to do everything they can at this point to counter President Trump,” he added.
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