Prosecutors want Trump held in contempt for 'disturbing' Truth Social post attacking prospective jurors
Source: Business Insider
Apr 18, 2024, 10:19 AM EDT
Manhattan prosecutors in Donald Trump's criminal hush-money case asked the judge presiding over the case to sanction him for attacking prospective jurors in the trial, arguing the former president had repeatedly violated his gag order.
The latest salvo, from Assistant District Attorney Christopher Conroy in court Thursday morning, concerns a Truth Social post made by Trump on Wednesday, in which he quoted the Fox News host Jesse Watters. "They are catching undercover Liberal Activists lying to the Judge in order to get on the Trump Jury," Trump posted on his feed, quoting Watters while applying his own letter capitalization.
Conroy told New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan on Thursday morning that it was "the most disturbing post" among seven occasions in which Trump had violated his gag order since Monday, the day jury selection began.
He asked Merchan to hold Trump in contempt and fine him, adding that the Manhattan district attorney's office was "still considering our options" for the full scope of sanctions to request from the judge. Being held in contempt of court could result in jail time for the former president.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-trial-prosecutors-want-sanctions-truth-social-attack-prospective-jurors-2024-4
Tetrachloride
(7,865 posts)in my opinion
bedazzled
(1,767 posts)Most folks in the NY/NJ metro area have held him in contempt for YEARS
Magoo48
(4,717 posts)Tetrachloride
(7,865 posts)Escurumbele
(3,401 posts)will continue to challenge the judge, and the court.
bucolic_frolic
(43,249 posts)TSF operates in a world of paranoia and secrecy, everyone is always out to get him, and he's out to get others.
"Liberal Activists" are not that savvy as to operate undercover, they are open because they believe people are logical and trusting and rational and can be convinced of the veracity of progressive ideas. How could TSF combine 'woke' with being undercover? It's ludicrous.
underpants
(182,861 posts)A couple of times.
In the movie, John Cusacks character had a girlfriend killed with a handgun years before. Whenever theres a high profile gun case he moves into the jurisdiction hoping to be called for jury duty. Gene Hackman is a jury consultant who dives into peoples backgrounds and weeds out potentially bad jurists for the NRA. He missed Cusacks history.
FarPoint
(12,426 posts)I need to look it up and see if I can watch it again..... prep work so to speak....
underpants
(182,861 posts)Free on something called Plex
Hulu amazon Apple TV YouTube even.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0313542/
FarPoint
(12,426 posts)Your are right...thank you for remiding me...
PatSeg
(47,560 posts)I think I'd like to watch that movie again. Thanks.
Walleye
(31,035 posts)Of course they are just accusing us of doing what they are doing
PatSeg
(47,560 posts)Apparently they think everyone is as dishonest and conniving as they are.
Also anyone who comes across as rational, honest, and somewhat logical is their idea of "liberal".
You don't have to be liberal to dislike and disapprove of Donald Trump.
Walleye
(31,035 posts)They cant imagine that anybody would be otherwise. I wonder if Mike Johnson is going to find it refreshing to work with the Democrats who make deals in good faith
PatSeg
(47,560 posts)"Nice guys finish last".
They seem to take pride in cheating the system, scoring a deal, or pulling one over on someone. Only suckers play by the rules or pay all the taxes they owe. If the cashier gives them too much back in change, they'll just put it in their pocket without saying a word. Cheating is okay as long as they don't get caught, but if they get cheated, you'll hear them ranting for miles (like if the cashier didn't give them enough money back).
They take credit for everything good in their life and blame someone else when things don't go their way.
Walleye
(31,035 posts)That feeling doesnt seem to exist in these people somehow
PatSeg
(47,560 posts)and I know it is a big deal if an employee's drawer comes up short. I certainly wouldn't want to be responsible for someone getting in trouble. It is really so easy to be honest and do the right thing, plus you sleep better at night.
Wednesdays
(17,398 posts)I remember the 2016 debate when Hillary criticized TSF for not paying taxes.
Hillary: The only years that anybodys ever seen were a couple of years when he had to turn them over to state authorities when he was trying to get a casino license, and they showed he didnt pay any federal income tax,
TSF: "That makes me smart."
And that popped in my head when I was typing. People like Trump always have an angle because they are smart and everyone else is a sucker.
PSPS
(13,608 posts)In other words, turn the trial into a campaign event/fundraising/grift circus (which the press is itching to accommodate.) Thank heavens the trial isn't being televised.
forgotmylogin
(7,530 posts)This is also Fox's fault, but we know how they got the information.
Traurigkeit
(230 posts)mwb970
(11,364 posts)He should be declared mentally ill and treated accordingly. Another possibility is to simply treat him like a disruptive 4-year-old.
Think. Again.
(8,328 posts)...can cause fatal harm to witnesses and juries.
PatSeg
(47,560 posts)The author would agree with you.
Trumps Brain Is Not Okay
An experts view of Trumps mental slide into dementia.
This wasnt a new issue for me. I had written a series of op-eds about Trumps signs of dementia in 2018 and 2019, and I was part of a group that publicly pressured Ronny Jackson to give Trump the dementia screening test that he cant stop bragging about acing. Id known for years Trump was showing medically unmistakable signs of dementia, but the press was hyper-focused on Biden falling off his bike, forgetting names, and being too old. (Bold emphasis mine)
snip
This is very important for people to understand. Not only will Trump continue to get worse and worse, his rate of decline is accelerating, and if he is typical, he will fall off what they call the cognitive cliff relatively soon. Based on his current accelerating rate of decline, it seems very unlikely that Trump could see out a second term without falling off the cliff and becoming totally incapacitated.
https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/john-gartner-trump-cognitive-decline?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR38LtG403M0_gVH1oymvw9blAfrcGrpgTdgdd2D95ThOuEtIkRrXIUrLN4_aem_AdO6HeI5l1KjmumIAM5_d6ShG0g5QBWa3Qd6AKQAuVDWawNwo164ylTz9Xbp1AScHVmkecQr4iK9eb081PUry39J&triedRedirect=true
There is much, much more in the article. Well worth the read.
Walleye
(31,035 posts)PatSeg
(47,560 posts)There was a time that I would have thought someone like that could never come close to the Oval Office. I've never recovered from the shock of election night 2016.
Owl
(3,643 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,304 posts)"per instance".
Justice matters.
(6,939 posts)tell him to swear on it that he won't violate his gag order again...
Of course he will violate it again so tell his magats he is not to be trusted with his swears.
Money will not deter that criminal-defendant hitler2 wannabe.
Novara
(5,849 posts)... is that they can get a jury all sworn in and then one of them might just get a little curious over the weekend to see what he's posting, and boom, jury tampering. He WILL NOT STOP until he is forcibly stopped.
I am wondering if that motherfucker can even be tried for any of these charges anywhere. They dismissed one juror (that was picked on Tuesday) because the media posted too much identifying information about him. People are fearful they will become targets for the terrorist's cult members.
The media should not have visual access to the jury box IMO. Audio only, and when during voir dire they talk about the person's job or past or anything else identifying, cut out the audio feed.
Too many people are intimidated already.
MOMFUDSKI
(5,612 posts)NOW but isnt. Weak tea
Novara
(5,849 posts)Well, maybe that's not the reason why he won't address it until next Tuesday, but they are likely to have picked their jury by then. Seems to me that waiting means the jurors already picked might see some of these social media posts before the judge deals with this. And that is jury tampering.
birdographer
(1,337 posts)Hikerchick57
(118 posts)Put a soundproof booth in the courtroom for him to sit in when he is misbehaving. These are the things I want lol, my wish list!
poli-junkie
(1,005 posts)continues getting away with this!!!!
OldBaldy1701E
(5,144 posts)That is why. You or I would never be given this amount of leeway, but you or I are not even rich enough to walk by people like that orange gibbon, so we don't get such a thing as 'leeway'.
GB_RN
(2,371 posts)Thinking, I already hold this court In contempt. So, what are they bab
babbley
babebely
talking about? See, Biden put a guy up there, I call him Peakaboo
😂😂
Bundbuster
(3,173 posts)intimidation of anyone/everyone, threats, attacks, gagged/banned/prohibited rants have been normalized not only by the defendant and his MAGA hordes, but by a complicit media and cowardly legal careerists. In the coming months we will be witnessing the normalization of crime.
Wednesdays
(17,398 posts)Now, Imagine a 16-year-old guy in inner-city LA or Chicago, stealing a sandwich from a 7-Eleven. Now, THAT'S a crime! (still)
Bayard
(22,123 posts)4lbs
(6,858 posts)except using someone else's phone.
"Hey, your phone doesn't have the TS app on it!"
"Yeah, I don't put useless sh*t on it"
Basic LA
(2,047 posts)Attorney Weisman made it almost sound like the judge would lock Trump up this morning over this. Then, as usual with Trump, nothing happened. Not a word about it.
bucolic_frolic
(43,249 posts)As soon as he emerges he'll be angry and make matters worse again. The only real solution will be to lock him up permanently, and if that doesn't happen, I don't expect short or intermediate lockups.
Basic LA
(2,047 posts)I wasn't expecting anything really, but Weisman was so emphatic and even red-faced last night, I let my skepticism drop a notch.
GreenWave
(6,763 posts)He must be locked up and little fines are a joke and it should be away from the courthouse where his taxpayer squadron of SS can protect him.
But media will try to figure out where he is.
LudwigPastorius
(9,164 posts)The judge should oblige him.