Judge Alerts Trump, Manhattan DA of Possible Jury Confidentiality Breach
Published on June 7, 2024
New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan on June 7 alerted counsel for former President Donald Trump and the Manhattan District Attorney of a potential juror confidentiality breach, raising the possibility of a mistrial. “Today, the Court became aware of a comment that was posted on the Unified Court System’s public Facebook page and which I now bring to your attention,” Justice Merchan wrote in a letter. “In the comment, the user, ‘Michael Anderson,’ states: ‘My cousin is a juror and says Trump is getting convicted Thank you folks for all your hard work!!!!'” The post was made on May 29, the day the jury began deliberations, one day before the guilty verdict on May 30....