A post made by former president Donald Trump on his Truth Social provides a window into how afraid he is that he’ll be found guilty by a jury of his peers later today after closing arguments are made, according to a former assistant district attorney. And the post may also wind up being a huge gift for prosecutors in Manhattan.
Catherine Christian was a guest on MSNBC, and she was asked by host Katie Tur, “I want to show something he posted on Truth Social. I wonder if this gives a hint about jury instructions and what they might be. I know we haven’t gotten an announcement from Judge Merchan, but I wonder if he has said something to the prosecution or defense, and I’m asking because Donald Trump said this, ‘The reason the highly conflicted Judge Merchan had to come up with three fake options for the jury to choose from without requiring them to be unanimous, which is completely un-American and unconstitutional, is the corrupt Soros’ … so he’s talking about three options for the jury to choose from without requiring them to be unanimous. Is he talking about federal election crime, state election crime, tax crime as the underlying felony charge, and do you have a sense that they know what the jury instructions are going to be?”
“I would hope that the defense and the prosecution know what the jury instructions are going to be since they’re giving their summations tomorrow,” Christian replied. “I understand why the press and why we would all want it, [but also] why the judge didn’t release it. He wants to make sure the first time the jury hears about this, and the jury is abiding by judge’s rules, and not watching this right now, is the first time they hear about this is tomorrow, so that post by Donald Trump is sort of a hint, if you can believe Donald Trump, that maybe the instruction to the jury will be that the unlawful means, conspire to promote an election by unlawful means, could be the federal election law violation, could be tax crimes, state tax crime violation, so I have a feeling that that’s probably what Donald Trump is talking about because his lawyers have a copy of the jury instructions the judge will give tomorrow.”
Christian added, “If the jury believes all of the evidence, it’s a gift to them.”
Closing arguments will begin this morning when the court convenes at 9:30 a.m. ET.
