”Before Trump's lawyers began their closing arguments, Justice Juan Merchan called the jury in and told them how the day would unfold. He said the defense will go first, as required under New York law. Prosecutors will follow with their closing arguments.”
Judge Juan Merchan made that explicit when delivering jury instructions on May 29.
“Your verdict, on each count you consider, whether guilty or not guilty, must be unanimous; that is, each and every juror must agree to it,” he said while reading the jury instructions on May 28.”
陪审团开始审议过程中,曾经以Note的方式告诉法官,要求重新调阅 David Pecker和Michael Cohn, 关于他们两人2015年8月和川普一起在川普大楼开会,讨论如何使用“Catch and Kill” 方法帮助川普竞选总统的证词。由此可以看出,陪审团更为关心的是§ 17-152条文中的“密谋”,而非“非法手段”
川普律师在周五Today Show 访谈中谈到此案可能上诉的几个方面:其中有法官拒绝以利益冲突为由回避此案要求的问题,有法官限制证人证词的问题等等,没有一个谈到上面微信帖子中的三点:法官违法临时改变结辩顺序规则,法官违法允许陪审团中少数4个陪审员的判决为最后判决,和法官违法允许陪审团周末回家休息过长周末。 参看:川普律师谈上诉