As the jury deliberates on the verdict in the Trump hush money trial, I wouldn’t have been shocked if this body got deadlocked. Then, Judge Merchan decided to tilt the scales, offering confusing instructions and guidelines to the jurors and setting up fertile ground for an appeal should things go sideways. One thing is clear: the American people do not care. CNN’s Harry Enten broke that down, showing the Left’s attempt at damaging Donald Trump through weaponizing our legal system has backfired:
CNN: ‘No Change’ in Public Opinion About Trump During Trial
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) May 29, 2024
HOST: Why?
ENTEN: Because most Americans don't care that much. They care about the economy, inflation, immigration, and election legitimacy. pic.twitter.com/2n2yNwNwCk
It reached the point where hosts on this network, who I’d never thought would offer rational takes on this matter, admitted that if Trump weren’t the defendant, a trial in this hush money matter, let alone an indictment, wouldn’t have been handed down. Most Americans don’t think that Trump can get a fair trial—they see through the shenanigans here:
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria says he doubts the New York indictment would have been brought against a defendant whose name was not Donald Trump
— Unlimited L's (@unlimited_ls) May 12, 2024
• Recent CNN poll found 56 percent of Americans are skeptical that Trump can receive a fair trial
"The trials against [Trump] keep him in the… pic.twitter.com/JUCxCm0apF
The former president got engulfed in a legal circus, where a misdemeanor charge was elevated to a felony but whose statute of limitations had expired. Yet, this is politics, and the target is Trump—everything is malleable. We’re looking at falsifying business records to cover up a campaign finance violation. The star witness for the prosecution, Michael Cohen, a serial liar, admitted to an even worse crime on the stand before closing arguments: he stole tens of thousands from the Trump Organization.
With Biden’s poll numbers circling the drain, something had to be done, which is why we got this cockamamie benchmark for a conviction from Merchan:
Judge Merchan just told the jury that they do not need unanimity to convict. 4 could agree on one crime, 4 on a different one, and the other 4 on another. He said he would treat 4-4-4 as a unanimous verdict.
— John Roberts (@johnrobertsFox) May 29, 2024
If voters start to care, it'll be in a way that does not benefit Democrats.
WOAH 🚨 The Donald Trump Trial Is RIGGED
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) May 29, 2024
NBCNews Senior Legal Correspondent, Laura Jarrett: “Trump's jury has 50+ pages of instructions to follow but the jury does NOT get this in the deliberation room”
“I got them. These are the instructions that the jury has to follow in… pic.twitter.com/2SnERq9nU2