From making or directing others to make public statements about any prost active juror or any juror in this proceeding. Thats exactly what he did. It sounds exactly like what he just did. Coming back to the gag order, theres a hearing this week. We are trying to understand, there are 12 jurors and its alternate. What happens if seven of them do remove themselves from participating as jurors in this trial . What happens then . Well, if that happens, you have what is called a mistrial and you have to start again, but i want to just underscore a couple things. Jurors in this city, i am in New York right now, they have rendered verdicts with respect to organized crime, leaders with respect to terrorists, i think that people should not
Under the immense pressure they will be under. No doubt, a lot of that will come from trump itself, because a fair trial, by an impartial jury of his peers, it may be what he fears the most. These people were carefully selected to do the job theyve been asked to do. The Founding Fathers Put Jury Trials in the constitution because they give citizens the final say. They put the power in the hands of the people, of the rules, not the rulers. Joining me now is our inhouse law firm, and the former General Counsel of the fbi and a senior member of robert muellers team. I want to start right where i ended. Obviously, as a citizen nonlawyer, you think, that sounds intimidating, jurors are scared. From a legal standpoint, is
In jail. So, when we talk about free trial freedom, we talk about reforming the way we think about punishment, in our criminal legal system. It really does hit home. You been working on this for years, you are not new to the issue. Why is there such a disconnect about this issue . The reason we care so much is because our jails end up housing so many people, and they are not set up to make peoples lives better. What ends up happening is people who are innocent, until proven guilty, in our System Everybody knows that, if you watch law and order, you watch The Life And Times of donald trump, every trial hes part of, you notice hes not running time in jail before he goes to trial. Hes innocent until he is proven guilty, and we all know
Criminal trial. We have a pretty good sense of what the playbook will look like. We have lawyers here to break it down. An exclusive interview with gavin newsom. We will debut a new ad that the governor is putting on air in alabama and we will get his thoughts on the former president s trial and what it means for the 2024 race. Foreign aid bills finally passed in the house, but not that plenty of drama from marjorie taylor green. Later . A conversation with Superstar Stinger a an activist, john legend. I will ask him about the work hes doing on criminal Justice Reform and get his take on the state of politics. In the words of judge mershon, this trial is starting. There are seven men, five women, and six alternates
To be removed because she had concerns about being publicly identified. That hardly sounds like a coincidence to me. Even a number of those who are not directly targeted by a Fox News Segment or true social post expressed extreme anxiety about this trial. One reportedly broke down, crying during questioning, saying, i have to be honest, i feel so nervous and anxious right now. Im sorry. Another said, i have really bad anxiety and people have found out where i am. Its pretty easy to see why they might feel that way. Imagine being called for Jury Duty and facing a defendant like trump who has a known history of going after anyone and everyone, not to mention he has an audience who take his words quite literally. That has long been his strategy and is likely to continue as the trial goes on. A former member of trumps White House legal team said expect some jurors will crack