Donald Trump will serve jury duty in NYC next week after getting fined for skipping 5 summonses

[LiberalElite]

Source: NY Daily News

Republican Donald Trump says he wants to “Make America Great Again” as President — but first, he’s got to make it to jury duty.

“Despite running for President and running a massive, multi-billion-dollar company, Mr. Trump will be at jury duty Monday," Alan Garten, general counsel to the Trump Organization, said Friday.

A Manhattan judge earlier this year fined The Donald $250 for ignoring five jury summonses since 2006.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/donald-trump-serve-jury-duty-nyc-week-article-1.2326290

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The Circus comes to Court.

[George II]

1. They have high security at courthouses in NY - they're going to have to check what's under the hair.

[LiberalElite]

3. HA!

I bet they excuse His Hairness by noon.

"Here's your certificate see ya in 7 years...."

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

17. Must smell like old dirty socks under there if he never takes the dead raccoon off

[jtuck004]

2. It is the height of irony to have this asshole sitting on a jury. n/t

[LiberalElite]

4. former Mayor Ghouliani got chosen for a case-

of course they made him the foreman. Ugh.

Former Mayor Dinkins was excused from jury duty by lunch time because so many people wanted to meet him and shake his hand.

[jtuck004]

6. So they bring the defendant out, who is both black and has no money, then they ask

the walking hairpiece, "Guilty or Innocent?" in your mind?

And the whole courtroom breaks out in laughter, as if there was any question.

[Frank Cannon]

12. Can you imagine seeing this douche sitting on ANY jury?

I would think that would be instant grounds for an appeal.

[RiverNoord]

18. LOL - I don't believe that the mere presence of any particular non-interested party

(as in, it turns out she/he is a relative or business associate of a party and lied about it) has ever been, by itself, grounds for appeal, but I think that the presence of he-who-lives-under-the-awful-furball might be the predecent-setter.

I've met an awful lot of s#!thead lawyers over the years (I gave up practicing years ago - I'm much better now but I can't think of a single one that wouldn't use her/his first peremptory strike to ditch that piece of sewer-pipe-clog-sludge.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

26. I can picture him ASSUMING he's going to be the foreman.

[Dustlawyer]

5. I wouldn't want that asshole poisoning my jury!

[Frank Cannon]

15. I can't imagine he'd even get on a panel.

I hope he has to sit in the jury room for five days, drinking coffee and drawing pictures of cocks and Pokemon characters in a spiral notebook.

[Dustlawyer]

31. Not a chance in hell!

[surrealAmerican]

7. Can other people blow off jury duty five times ...

... and only have to pay $250 ?

Seriously, serve or pay $50 - is that the rule?

[nolabear]

8. I know, right? People lose more work pay for that.

It would be worth it.

[former9thward]

24. They don't bother going after most people.

To many people skip it to chase them.

[Sunlei]

9. ignores his civic duty for five summonses?wonder how many other politicans 'ignore' jury summons?

[Lancero]

10. He's going to spin this to benefit his campaign...

But conveniently hide the fact that he refused to attend for the first five times.

[Thor_MN]

11. Five jury summonses since 2006? I'm 52 and have never been called.

Minnesota draws it's jury pool from Driver's License and Voter Registration data. I wonder if the fact that I have the same (uncommon) name as my father and don't use "Jr," (hated "Junior" since I was old enough to talk) has caused them to think we are the same person.

[RiverNoord]

16. It's just hit and miss in Minnesota. You might easily go your whole life without a summons.

And, chances are the case(s) you were summoned for would either be settled (civil) or pleaded out(criminal) a day or two before your service.

I'm a non-practicing Minnesota lawyer and have had 5 summons in about 10 years - never once even made it to a panel.

Of course, even if I had, as a lawyer, I'd almost certainly be shown the door during peremptory strikes.

I wouldn't worry about it - you might just end up with 5 summons in a couple of years and one will turn out to be a two-month-long business dispute trial. Then you'll look fondly back on all those years you weren't summoned while having your ability to stay awake tested to the limit .

[LiberalElite]

19. Neither has my 60 year old brother - I was called regularly

in NYC for many years and was picked for 3 juries. When I got a jd summons I could count on being out of the office for two whole weeks regardless of whether I was picked for a jory.

That changed when they tightened up the rules regarding exemptions and the affluent couldn't avoid it anymore. Boy was there a difference in the jury pool after that. That change and the fact that now they have us just call in for the first couple of days means I haven't served more than 3 days by actually attending in a court house since 1996: http://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/07/nyregion/exemptions-for-jury-duty-tightened.htm They also don't need people as often - the time between summonses now is around 7 years.

In the 1970s I had just started a new job and got a jury duty summons. My employer told me to use the excuse which was valid at that time that I didn't have to serve because of being a woman. (I am not making this up.)

[SheilaT]

22. It's hit or miss everywhere.

I'm 66 and only been called for jury duty once in my life. Wound up not serving.

[kairos12]

13. Jury duty is for peons.

[RiverNoord]

14. Son of a bitch will never survive peremptory challenges.

Unbelievable bastard of a m#therf*@ing p!*sant s*$thead spoiled sociopathic abusive callous rotten pathetic f!%kface bastard prick.

Anyone who has simply ignored 5 successive jury summonses should be straight-up disqualified for any national elected office. I guess successfully dodging the draft taught him that he really didn't have to get down in the muck with us peon 'citizens' (e.g., suckers) and perform any duties on behalf of the 'country' he's constantly dicked around with to get and stay rich.

First time I've stooped to say anything about this worthless piece of sewage since, well, ever - fucking media hound doesn't merit the time and consideration required to describe how utterly grotesque his behavior is.

I hope I've got it out my system...

[rurallib]

20. Will he have to file bankruptcy after those stiff fines?

damn gummint. Always interfering and making things hard for the job makers. Poor Donnie.

[groundloop]

21. "Despite.....running a massive, multi-billion-dollar company" - the fuckers never let us forget

EVERY single damned press release about this asshole reminds us that he's rich beyond belief.

[Depaysement]

23. If I were selecting from the panel . . .

. . . instead of excusing him, I'd say "Ya fiyud!"

[mimi85]

25. He's only going this time

because he's running for Prez and it would look REALLY tacky if he didn't serve this time. Or serve HIS time!

[Doctor_J]

27. more free press

Amazing

[thecrow]

28. I hope he gets picked to serve several months on a sequestered jury.

I' m being totally optimistic here....

[tclambert]

29. Donald Trump will make a great, great juror who gives a great, great verdict.

And Juror Trump votes: "He's a loser. So's the plaintiff. Both defendant and plaintiff--they're both losers. I can tell, 'cause I'm a great judge of character. That's how I made a fortune worth ten billion dollars. Case closed."

Judge: "Mr. Trump, we haven't called the first witness yet."

[Brother Buzz]

32. LOL, that's totally DUzy worthy!

[Stardust]

37. Lord, I can hear his stupid voice as I read your (very funny) post. Trump overload in my brain. nt

[24601]

30. "...and so ladies and gentlemen of the jury, this will be a long, complex, high profile case which

requires you to be sequestered immediately. You have five minutes to explain to your families that if the case proceeds on schedule, you are expected to return in December 2016."

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

33. If he gets seated it will be "the greatest, biggest jury ever in the world!"

I'm imagining a jury box with the word "TRUMP" spelled out in large gold letters across the front.

God forbid if the Donald finds out there is something called a "grand jury." He'd insist on being seated on that one so he could "fire" of all the "losers" in the community, who are basically everyone except himself.

[TexasTowelie]

34. It would have been fitting if Trump had been fined a percentage of his "claimed" net worth.

ETA: Even George W. Bush showed up for jury duty.

[davidpdx]

35. If he makes it far enough and the defendant is Latino he'll be toss

just on the basis of his recent comments to the media. I think there is such a small likelihood he'll have to actually serve. He'll probably go down have coffee for a few hours and be dismissed.

[NJCher]

36. this country doesn't ask much

At certain times, service in the military if you're male. After that, basically just vote and serve jury duty. And he can't even do that.

Hm. Wonder if he votes? That would be interesting to find out.

What a snake.


Cher

[Blue Owl]

38. Wow what a regular guy just like you and me

[sofa king]

39. I worry whether justice will be served.

We are America, Land of the Evil, where we have figured out how to temporarily or permanently disenfranchise virtually every demographic we have.

And yet, we permit the Cluster B personality disorders--the criminals, assholes, and drama queens who ruin all our lives almost every day--to participate in politics and in civic duty, when WE FUCKING KNOW that they will not participate in the process fairly or properly.

Here's Trump, a pompous Narcissist who shouldn't be permitted to be in charge of the insect zoo at night, going in to decide the fate of unknown people, and every one of us knows that Trump's decisions will be entirely for himself and about himself, without a single empathetic thought for the accused.

Just including him in the process is a miscarriage of justice, and while there is no real justice in America, Americans still have a survival instinct. When are we going to permanently remove these clowns from politics, instead of letting them define politics?