I think Trump's strategy will be to pressure the jurors so much

[drray23]

We end up burning through the 6 alternates and have a mistrial. I would not be surprised that over the weekend some of them change their mind and ask to be dropped Monday.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Maybe not. A NYC jury convicted John Gotti and he had more

ammo against them than Trump.

[drray23]

2. Was the jury fully anonymous ?

That's usually the case for mob bosses trials.

[Irish_Dem]

4. Obviously not, people are figuring out who they are.

[drray23]

5. I meant the Gotti jury.nt.

[Irish_Dem]

8. Sorry I misread your comment!

[Irish_Dem]

3. Trump has way more power than John Gotti.

Especially if he gets back in the WH.

[blm]

6. Gotti's supporters were mob thugs. Trump's are insane sociopaths

who see him as a savior. They are heavily armed psychos. That makes them much more dangerous.

[Irish_Dem]

9. I agree, Trump's people are much more dangerous.

They are doing God's work, their cult leader.
For the Gotti mob, it was just business.

[RockRaven]

7. And TFG doesn't even have to do anything himself.

His dirtbag cultists and media enablers will do it for him. The playbook is lying out in the open. They know what to do.

Once the jury is seated and the trial ready to start, I think the judge gets less permissive about dismissing jurors just on their own say so... but they may develop heart complaints, or GI complaints, or nervous complaints and get doctors' notes.

[Irish_Dem]

10. A judge refusing to release people who are getting death threats

against themselves and family?

That is going to get nasty fast.

[RockRaven]

11. What's the alternative? Reward the threatmakers with a mistrial?

Bad options everywhere you look.

[Irish_Dem]

12. Exactly, it is nasty either way.