Any chance to the orange one will be found guilty by a jury in Florida?

[helpisontheway]

Unanimous guilty verdict in Desantis country?

[Johnny2X2X]

1. Yes

It’s a blue county and the case is open and shut.

[helpisontheway]

3. Okay good!!!nt

[Marius25]

4. Miami-Dade isn't blue.

DeSantis won it, and it has a big pro-Trump hispanic population.

[edhopper]

10. Biden won it

By 10%

[TwilightZone]

21. Biden won the county.

Also, the Latino population in the county is not a monolithic bloc.

"In Miami-Dade County, the majority of Trump support came from the west and the majority of Biden support came from the east. People of Mexican, Haitian, and African descent tended to vote for Biden, while people of Cuban, Chilean and Colombian descent did so for Trump, as well as the critical Venezuelan vote swinging Republican."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida#Miami-Dade_County

[onenote]

16. No jury case is ever a slam dunk. But keep in mind the grand jury was from Miami

and they voted to indict him.

[Marius25]

18. True but to be fair, grand juries almost always indict, especially federal ones

And it doesn't require a unanimous verdict.

[Marius25]

2. Depends how many MAGA cult members are on the jury

[wnylib]

8. Do you think that DOJ will not be able to weed out the

MAGAs when the jury is selected?

Considering how good Smith is at doing investigations, I think that he will be able to assess the members of the jury pool pretty well.

[Marius25]

11. They can try, but I don't think it's possible to guarantee they won't be on the jury

They have a limited amount of jury strikes.

[wnylib]

20. Well, a Florida grand jury was able to indict him.

Consider the jurisdiction of the trial more than the state as a whole.

If there is a hung jury, then DOJ can retry him.

DOJ can also look at public records of the jury pool individuals, like voter registration and social media.

Then there are the people who voted for him but are disgusted with his behavior, especially on J6. They might prefer DeSantis and feel no qualms about convicting Trump.

[RockRaven]

5. There's a chance, sure. The evidence is overwhelming and simple.

His only way free is jury nullification, which is definitely a risk. Bad actors are everywhere.

[live love laugh]

6. Did he pack FL courts with Republican judges?

[onenote]

14. Not really.

Of the 15 active judges in the Southern District, one was appointed by GHWBush, 2 by GWBush, 2 by Clinton, 5 by Obama and 5 by Trump.

However, if the case is heard in the West Palm Division (because Mar-a-Lago is in Palm Beach County ), the pool of active judges consists of one Clinton and one Obama appointee. If its heard in Miami, the pool of active judges consists of one GHWBush, 2 GWBush, 4 Obama and 2 Trump.

There are 11 judges on senior status, ranging in age from 96 to 71. I doubt the case would be given to a senior status judge.

[live love laugh]

15. Thanks. Super informative.

[H2O Man]

7. Yes.

[Ocelot II]

9. Of course.

One example is the juror in the Manafort trial who said she left her MAGA hat in her car when she went into the jury room, and voted to find Manafort guilty.

[Deuxcents]

12. There is a mountain of evidence...I think a jury takes their oath more seriously

Than tfg took his and that’s why he’s in the situation he’s in.

[mcar]

13. Sure

[LuckyCharms]

17. Yes. I'd put money on it.

Smith isn't going to lose this case.

[emulatorloo]

19. Yes.

[ChoppinBroccoli]

22. If The Jury Actually Considers The Evidence, Yes

The problem is, I'm worried that one MAGAt will lie their way onto the jury and refuse to even LOOK at the evidence.

The nice thing about this being a criminal case, though, is that even if a MAGAt gets on the jury and causes a hung jury, the DOJ will almost assuredly re-try the case. Hung juries in small cases are almost always tantamount to acquittals because the prosecutors have neither the time nor the money to re-try the case a second time. The DOJ has unlimited funds and manpower, so even if a MAGAt hangs the jury, the DOJ will definitely go after him again.

I think Trump is going to do his typical delaying tactic, hoping against hope that he can wait out the trial until he gets a new DOJ that will drop the case against him. I think that's highly unlikely, because I don't believe that people will vote for someone under all these indictments, so he's going to have to wait a minimum of 5 years for a new DOJ. He'll be dead by then.

[walkingman]

23. The reality show continues....our Democracy is not important to the MAGA crowd.

He has discredited law enforcement, national security, rule of law.

Is this American Exceptionalism?

[Johonny]

24. No, I expect he will take some type of deal

Maybe not right away. But I assume he will already face pressure from the New York case. If the Georgia case also becomes a reality, and then January 6th . . . he's going to start looking for deals.

[PortTack]

25. It's still federal court. Beau of the fifth column called the federal court system "a beast."

Says it being held in FL will not impact the case at all, that it’s a way for them to side step any delay tactics they might throw out.

Take a look