{"id":2253468,"date":"2024-05-26T17:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T21:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-trial-jury-should-have-been-sequestered-alina-habba\/"},"modified":"2024-05-26T17:20:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T21:20:54","slug":"trump-trial-jury-should-have-been-sequestered-alina-habba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-trial-jury-should-have-been-sequestered-alina-habba\/","title":{"rendered":"Jury for Trump&#8217;s trial should have been isolated: Alina Habba"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-trial-jury-should-have-been-sequestered-alina-habba%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2253468&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Alina Habba, who has represented\u200d former President Donald\u200c Trump for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">long time<\/a>, suggested that the jurors involved in Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trumps-criminal-hush-money-trial-set-for-march-25\/\" title=\"Trump's hush money trial scheduled for March 25\">hush money trial<\/a> should\u200c have been isolated to avoid potential influence from family and\u200c friends during the holiday. The closing arguments are due \u2063on Tuesday following the Memorial\u200c Day weekend, post which the jurors will decide on Trump&#8217;s 34 charges. Alina Habba, the \u2062long-standing lawyer for ex-President Donald Trump, indicated that the jury in Trump&#8217;s hush money \u2064trial \u200bshould&#8217;ve been sequestered to \u200davoid persuasion from relatives and acquaintances \u200cduring the holiday. Following the\u200d Memorial Day weekend, the closing argument is slated \u2063for Tuesday, after\u2064 which the jury will\u200d rule on the 34 charges against Trump.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Alina Habba, a longtime lawyer for former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>, argued that jurors in Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/criminal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>criminal<\/a> hush money trial should have been sequestered to prevent influence from family and friends over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-quietly-issued-another-executive-order-this-one-concerning-the-military\/\" title=\"President Trump Quietly Issued Another Executive Order \u2013 This One Concerning the Military\">holiday weekend<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Closing arguments are scheduled for Tuesday following the long <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/memorial-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Memorial Day<\/a> weekend holiday, after which jurors will decide their verdict on Trump\u2019s 34 charges of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-the-charges-brought-against-the-trump-organizations-cfo-part-of-a-witch-hunt-experts-weigh-in\/\" title=\"Are The Charges Brought Against The Trump Organization\u2019s CFO Part Of A Witch Hunt? Experts Weigh In\">falsifying business records<\/a> against the former president. Habba said she believed the jury should have been sequestered, or isolated from outside influences, such as the news or other influences, over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are not sequestered jurors,\u201d Habba said on Fox News\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6353719151112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Sunday Morning Futures<\/em><\/a>. \u201cThey should have been sequestered because, in my opinion, these jurors are handling something that is completely unprecedented and unwarranted in America. And for them to be able to be out and about on a holiday weekend, with friends and families who have opinions, who are watching the news \u2014 TV\u2019s on in the background at the pool party \u2014 I have serious concerns.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over the case, told jurors to try and avoid the news in regards to the trial over the weekend. Still, Habba was wary that jurors could be influenced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they\u2019re left-leaning, then they\u2019re watching \u2018MS DNC\u2019 as my client calls it, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cnn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CNN<\/a>, they\u2019re not going to get fair news,\u201d Habba said, referring to MSNBC.<\/p>\n<p>She expressed additional worry about what jurors may overhear over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-gates-had-agreement-with-wife-he-could-spend-one-weekend-each-year-with-former-girlfriend\/\" title=\"Bill Gates Had Agreement With Wife He Could Spend One Weekend Each Year With Former Girlfriend\">long weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I have worries about them going back to whatever friends might have \u2018Trump derangement syndrome\u2019 forgetting all sense of reality and coming back and sitting in that box and saying, you know what, I\u2019ve got to do, you know, take one for the DNC,\u201d Habba said. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She remained firm in her desire for Trump to be acquitted of the charges. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018I want law-to-fact, because if we can get that, we will win. We will not just get a hung jury. We will get an acquittal,\u201d Habba said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawyer Alina Habba, who represents ex-President Donald Trump, asserted that jurors in Trump&#8217;s hush money trial should have been isolated during the Memorial Day weekend. This move could have deterred influence from their close relations. Following the holiday weekend, closing statements are slated for Tuesday, after which the verdict decision rests with the jury<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2253469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Alina-Habba.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2253468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Alina-Habba.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2253468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2253468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2253468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2253469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2253468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2253468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2253468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}