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Trump's Civil Trial Has No Jury Because 'Nobody Asked' for One, Judge Explains (themessenger.com)

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[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 186 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (15 children)

TL;DR, the AG asked for a bench trial, Trump's defense team didn't respond, and so Trump gets a bench trial. It's possible that a jury trial would have been disallowed in this particular case under New York law, but the defense didn't even bother to ask.

Whelp, that's on your people, Donald. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is just so he can claim, later down the line, that it wasn't fair because it was just one judge and not a jury blah blah

[–] Sowhatever@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 year ago

Like a jury would prevent him from claiming bias... He already has ranted against juries and grand juries.

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