Apologies—the link I used last night for you to read the District Attorney’s Sandoval filing didn’t work, because it was the copy I’d saved to my personal computer. Here’s a link that will work: DA Filing.
More later.
Joyce
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First, thank you for sharing the joyful pictures of your 'menagerie'. They always brighten my day.
I want to add an observation on your comments about wanting a televised trial for the election-interference case against trump in Manhattan. I offer this from the perspective of a 'retired' lawyer and a citizen of this country.
I am delighted that there will be no broadcasting from the courtroom. In light of trump's on-going intimidation of any jurors, and the media's obsession with focusing on their personal details in such a manner that can give rise to identifying them. we have already seen one juror be dismissed because of her her justifiable fear of violence as too many people were able to identify her from the media's publication about employment. Even if the cameras were not allowed to show the jurors' faces, there would, inevitably be a slip up and something would be shown.
With the danger that this man poses to those he views as against him, we do well to mitigate the possibilities of having any of his violence-prone followers learn who is sitting on the jury; and possibly this helps protect those who work in the courtroom through no choice of their own.
As it is now, I have concerns that each week that this trial goes on will give more opportunity to harass, intimidate and ultimately imperil the trial.
Joyce,
First, thank you for sharing the joyful pictures of your 'menagerie'. They always brighten my day.
I want to add an observation on your comments about wanting a televised trial for the election-interference case against trump in Manhattan. I offer this from the perspective of a 'retired' lawyer and a citizen of this country.
I am delighted that there will be no broadcasting from the courtroom. In light of trump's on-going intimidation of any jurors, and the media's obsession with focusing on their personal details in such a manner that can give rise to identifying them. we have already seen one juror be dismissed because of her her justifiable fear of violence as too many people were able to identify her from the media's publication about employment. Even if the cameras were not allowed to show the jurors' faces, there would, inevitably be a slip up and something would be shown.
With the danger that this man poses to those he views as against him, we do well to mitigate the possibilities of having any of his violence-prone followers learn who is sitting on the jury; and possibly this helps protect those who work in the courtroom through no choice of their own.
As it is now, I have concerns that each week that this trial goes on will give more opportunity to harass, intimidate and ultimately imperil the trial.
OMG! When you see all this in one place - what a scumbag! LOCK HIM UP!