Hush money jury composition shows things aren't 'going to go well for Trump': legal expert
Former President Donald Trump has drawn a difficult jury to defend against, former prosecutor Kristy Greenberg argued to MSNBC's Chris Hayes on Friday evening.
"Let's talk about the jury, because we now have 12 jurors and six alternates," said Hayes. "What is your impression — what are your thoughts on how this jury has come together, what the composition looks like?"
"Well, you have two lawyers on this jury," said Greenberg. "Then you have in addition, three individuals who say close family members, spouse, parents, in-laws are lawyers as well, so that is nearly half your jury of people who I would expect as a baseline have some respect for the law and have a sense of how it goes."
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"Even the people who are close family members — I'm guessing you have some experience with this, Chris, but lawyers, when they go home, still tend to talk about the law in their day," Greenberg continued. "They have some sense about how this is supposed to work, that you respect the judge, respect counsel, respect the jury. So if he starts acting up and being really disruptive, I think, at a minimum, those jurors are going to really not like him. On the other hand, you also have five women on this jury. They're not going to like this case. They're going to have the transcript of that 'Access Hollywood' tape that you can do whatever you want, they will let you do whatever you want. Grab them by the p---- you know, they are going to have that."
"I remember a trial where the defendant had an extramarital affair and there were 11 women on the jury, and when the evidence came out, you could see the look of disgust on those female jurors, and that didn't go well for that defendant," she added. "And I don't think this is going to go well for Donald Trump."
Trump and his lawyers appear to be thinking along the same lines as Greenberg, as they have filed last-minute paperwork to try to pause the trial due to complaints with the jury.
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