Former President Donald Trump's legal team has filed new allegations of juror misconduct in his ongoing criminal trial in New York, seeking to have the verdicts overturned. The details of the allegations remain unclear as the letter from Trump's lawyers and the prosecutors' responses are heavily redacted.
Trump, after being found guilty of all 34 felony counts in his criminal trial at New York state supreme court on May 30, 2024, addressed Manhattan judge Juan M Merchan in a letter dated December 3rd, made public this week. Trump’s attorneys claimed they had evidence of “grave juror misconduct” that occurred during the trial, which they said “illustrates the manifest unfairness of these proceedings” and serves as a “reason that the verdicts in this case cannot and should not stand”.
\“The jury in this case was not anywhere near fair and impartial,” Trump attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove wrote. Trump pleaded not guilty and has claimed that the case was an attempt to damage his 2024 campaign. Since then, Trump’s lawyers have made several attempts to dismiss the case and overturn his conviction. On Tuesday, the new allegations concerning juror misconduct were made public in a letter from Donald Trump’s lawyers, in which they urged Merchan to consider the allegations as he continues to deliberate on Trump’s motions to dismiss the case. The details of the allegations are not known, as the letter has been heavily redacted, as have the contents of the reply letters from the prosecutors. \ Issued on Monday, Merchan stated that the letters were redacted because they contained “unsworn and contested statements” that could jeopardize the safety of the jurors if the full details were made public. But, according to Merchan’s order, they did not obtain a sworn statement from the person, and according to the judge “such a motion ‘must contain sworn allegations’”. The Manhattan district attorney’s office referred to the claims as “seemingly inaccurate” and “vague” and noted that the person who was the source of the claim informed Trump’s team that their summary of the allegations “contains inaccuracies”
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