President Donald Trump is back in court today on Thursday in Juan Merchan’s kangaroo court in New York City.
The prosecution has yet to define the alleged criminal act that President Trump committed. But it doesn’t matter. The court is ready to find Trump guilty and send him to prison.
Judge Merchan told jurors they did not have to agree on a crime. They just had to agree something bad happened. This, of course, is completely unconstitutional.
It is indeed unconstitutional, @catturd2. In 1999, SCOTUS ruled in Richardson v United States that a jury must find a defendant unanimously guilty on a “specific violation” or charge.
The relevant section of the decision, delivered by liberal Justice Breyer https://t.co/jje9TNEJj6 pic.twitter.com/KlMCPodMUe
— Mαχιмυs Knιgнт♞ (@Maximus_4EVR) May 29, 2024
The Gateway Pundit contributor Paul Ingrassia is attending the proceedings in New York City today. Paul has been live-reporting from inside the Merchan kangaroo court for several days now.
Paul ended his reporting yesterday with this analysis:
The jury will deliberate between 10 AM and 4:30 PM today.
We will be posting Paul Ingrassia’s live updates below.
Paul Ingrassia is joined today by Judge Jeanine Piro, Attorney Andrew McCarthy, Andrew Giuliani, Ashley Lamb and Kasondra Watkins.
BREAKING: With a great group waiting to be let inside the courthouse to report on President Trump’s show trial!
I’ll be posting all day long — so be sure to turn on notifications for live updates throughout the day!@AndrewCMcCarthy @JudgeJeanine @gopAshleyLamb @KasondraWatkins pic.twitter.com/IO1QinQhYH
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 30, 2024
Paul Ingrassia and Andrew Giuliani spoke outside the courthouse this morning as the show trial deliberations continue inside.
TRUMP SHOW TRIAL: Will there be a VERDICT Today? LIVE w/ @PaulIngrassia https://t.co/vsJz7uj4Mm
— Andrew H. Giuliani (@AndrewHGiuliani) May 30, 2024
Paul Ingrassia 9:31 AM: RECAP: Bragg combined two misdemeanor crimes to create a felony because both of their statutes of limitations expired.
The question of how, by combining these two crimes, it revives the falsification misdemeanor and elevates it to a felony, remains unanswered. A pivotal point that has gone overlooked — the statute in question is unclear, and does not expressly state, that two misdemeanors make a felony.
But even if that were somehow true, myriad other legal issues abound. First, the “smorgasbord of options” issue that Merchan described yesterday, in which the jurors were effectively licensed to “mix and match” different predicate crimes in order to help reach a guilty verdict.
The three “predicate crimes” were an FEC violation, and two tax-related violations. The problem with the FECA law is that this should not be an issue in a state court. State courts do not have jurisdiction to rule on Federal Election-related matters, which are highly complex and have their own separate set of rules. This is why President Trump’s counsel wanted to bring in an FEC expert witness. Even though the issue should not have been brought into state court in the first place, at the bare minimum, have an authority on election law to explain what these highly intricate laws mean and how they should be interpreted. Merchan is far from an expert in anything, especially federal election law. He’s an “acting” state court judge from a low-ranking law school. But of course he prevented that witness from testifying, because he is a tyrant and he alone has the ability, in his words, to say what the law is.
The other two “predicate crimes” — the tax filing violation and books and records violation — are so open-ended and ambiguous as to be impossible to rule on. However, even so, the underlying point stands: no jury is permitted to select a buffet of different crimes to more easily satisfy the burden of proof to fast-track a guilty verdict.
This is a violation of due process, which the Supreme Court has been crystal clear. It is also likely jury tampering, which Merchan has done shamelessly. He would not provide the jurors with written instructions in order to have exclusive control over the law, its application, and interpretation.
Every single aspect of this case has been tainted by impropriety, prejudice, flagrant ethical breaches, and rule violations of the most egregious and highest order. President Trump’s fundamental constitutional rights, including due process and the right to speak freely, have been denied by this so-called Judge with impunity. Whatever the verdict, any right-minded appeals court will toss this case out without a second thought — because the violations are so blatant from top to bottom.
RECAP: Bragg combined two misdemeanor crimes to create a felony because both of their statutes of limitations expired.
The question of how, by combining these two crimes, it revives the falsification misdemeanor and elevates it to a felony, remains unanswered. A pivotal point… https://t.co/wYHHBpiI0R
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 30, 2024
Paul Ingrassia 9:33 AM: BREAKING: Norm Eisen, one of the legal masterminds of all the lawfare being waged against President Trump, was spotted in the courthouse overflow room today.
This is a man who should not be within 200 miles of any courthouse in America, for all the damage he has done to the rule of law in this country.
BREAKING: Norm Eisen, one of the legal masterminds of all the lawfare being waged against President Trump, was spotted in the courthouse overflow room today.
This is a man who should not be within 200 miles of any courthouse in America, for all the damage he has done to the rule…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 30, 2024
Paul Ingrassia 9:39 AM: BREAKING: President Trump and his legal team enter the courtroom. He is donning a bright blue tie. Yet again, Juan Merchan disrespects the office of the presidency by referring to the 45th president and frontrunner to be the 47th president (by a lot!) as “Mr. Trump.”
BREAKING: President Trump and his legal team enter the courtroom. He is donning a bright blue tie.
Yet again, Juan Merchan disrespects the office of the presidency by referring to the 45th president and frontrunner to be the 47th president (by a lot!) as “Mr. Trump.”
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 30, 2024
Paul Ingrassia 9:47 AM: BREAKING: Merchan is doubling down on his commitment to not provide the jury with written instructions, which is not customary for most courts.
In a case as convoluted as this one, in particular, where most lawyers and veteran legal analysts have difficulties wrapping their heads around the law, it is unfathomable why Merchan would only want to further complicate things by not providing written jury instructions.
His motive is clear: like any tyrant, he alone wants complete control over the law, and how it should be applied. This is a subtle form of jury tampering. He is intimidating the jurors, 10 of 12 of whom are not lawyers, into pressuring them to seek advisement from Merchan, who can then guide the verdict in the way he thinks is best by telling them how the law must be interpreted.
BREAKING: Merchan is doubling down on his commitment to not provide the jury with written instructions, which is not customary for most courts.
In a case as convoluted as this one, in particular, where most lawyers and veteran legal analysts have difficulties wrapping their…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 30, 2024
Paul Ingrassia 10:05 AM: BREAKING: Merchan now describing the burden of proof, beyond a reasonable doubt, to the jury. Explains that the burden of proof is on the People, not the Defendant.
Now mumbles and rushes through the definition of a burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Merchan effectively lowered the burden of proof in this case by giving the jurors “options” of crimes to choose from, in order to elevate the underlying falsification crime from a misdemeanor to a felony.
This is a flagrant violation of due process because it violates the principle of jury unanimity. As @JeffClarkUS rightly pointed out on here a few days ago: “Merchan needs to acquaint himself with Ramos v. Louisiana from the U.S. Supreme Court,” which spells out these principles clearly and concisely — two words that were evidently lost in translation on Merchan when he migrated to the United States from Colombia.
BREAKING: Merchan now describing the burden of proof, beyond a reasonable doubt, to the jury. Explains that the burden of proof is on the People, not the Defendant.
Now mumbles and rushes through the definition of a burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Merchan…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 30, 2024
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