Trump lawyers ask for hush-money case conviction to be thrown out over jury’s ‘pervasive misconduct’
Attorneys say ‘grave juror misconduct’ in felony case involving payout to adult film star violated Trump’s rights
Donald Trump’s lawyers are claiming that there was “grave juror misconduct” during his New York criminal hush-money trial earlier this year and that his conviction should be thrown out.
In a letter addressed to Manhattan judge Juan M Merchan, dated 3 December but made public this week, Trump’s attorneys claimed they had evidence of “grave juror misconduct” that occurred during the trial, which they said “illustrates the manifest unfairness of these proceedings” and serves as a “reason that the verdicts in this case cannot and should not stand”.
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