"The New York Times reported there are at least nine court officers and additional Secret Service agents in the courtroom today, a much larger security presence than normal.

Outside the court, a local park has been turned into a stage by Trump supporters."

~ Dan Rather

#Trump #trial #crime
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https://steady.substack.com/p/things-we-never-thought-wed-see

Things We Never Thought We’d See

Pigs flying? No, Trump on trial

^{Dan Rather (Steady)}

A man set himself on fire on Friday afternoon near the Lower Manhattan #courthouse where #JurySelection continued in the #criminal #trial of #Trump.

The man doused himself w/a liquid around 1:35PM ET in Collect Pond Park, across the street from the courthouse. Onlookers screamed as bright orange flames engulfed the man. It was unclear what motivated his action.

#extremism #radicalization #law
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/nyregion/man-on-fire-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

The #press is barred from covering aspects of the trial related to the #jury, for understandable #security reasons. At the same time, the judge is taking another 5 days to hold a hearing on whether #Trump has violated the #GagOrder that was placed on him w/ repeated social media posts about a key #witness & #jurors.

This is 1 of many ways in which despite Trump's complaints that he is being treated unfairly, the judge is bending over backwards to be fair to him in this #trial.

#criminal #law

#Drumpf #Criminal #Trial #VoirDire

The list of 42 questions that the prospective jurors are being asked to answer are listed in this gift article.

My guess is that would be "excused" from jury service based on my answer to at least 10 of the questions. LOL! 🤷‍♂️

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/16/nyregion/trump-hush-money-jury-questions.html?ugrp=u&unlocked_article_code=1.k00.paSZ.rLchnCrupDwl&smid=url-share

FINALLY - ACCOUNTABILITY!

Legal scholar says Hope Hicks' hush-money testimony could be "devastating" for Trump

"If the jury believes her, it would be devastating evidence against Trump and make a conviction much more certain"
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump #hushmoney #trial

https://www.salon.com/2024/04/13/key-player-legal-scholar-says-hope-hicks-hush-money-testimony-could-be-devastating-for/