Does this mean MISTRIAL?????!!!!!

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: In his letter to Trump’s lawyers and the DA’s office
: regarding the shady comment, Merchan did NOT mention any
: sort of investigation into the matter. If this comment is
: indeed real, THE VERDICT SHOULD BE THROWN OUT!
: pic.twitter.com/Hcus2n6FoI — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor)
: June 7, 2024

: Blogger comment: A juror not being able to keep their mouth

: shut and blabbing to their cousin who posted on Facebook
: torpedoing the entire Dem NYC lawfare campaign against
: Trump might be the most karmic event in world history

: 6/7/24
: The Hill

: Trump Hush Money Judge Flags Facebook User Claiming Early
: Knowledge of Verdict

: The judge overseeing former President Trump’s hush money
: criminal case informed the parties Friday that a person on
: Facebook claimed to have advance knowledge of the verdict
: in the case.

: Judge Juan Merchan wrote to Trump’s attorneys and the
: Manhattan district attorney’s office that on May 29 — the
: day 12 New Yorkers began deliberating Trump’s case and a
: day before he was convicted — a Facebook user left the
: comment on the New York State Unified Court System’s page.

: “My cousin is a juror and says Trump is getting convicted,”
: the comment read, along with a celebrating emoji. “Thank
: you folks for all your hard work!!!!”

: It’s unclear whether the user was being facetious or speaking
: truthfully about their relation to one of Trump’s jurors,
: but on their personal page, they described themself as a
: “professional s‑‑‑ poster” — a term that
: generally refers to trolling on the internet.

: The Hill identified a second comment by the Facebook user,
: made on May 29, that celebrated “hard (work) against the
: MAGA crazies” and again suggested that the user’s cousin
: was a juror and planned to convict.

: A commenter in that exchange wrote that, if true, the Facebook
: user had implicated their cousin in a crime...

: In a statement, court spokesperson Al Baker said the court
: notified the parties about the comment once it learned of
: it..

: Trump was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business
: records on May 30 after the jury deliberated for about 11
: hours.

: Jurors were instructed not to discuss the facts of the case
: with anyone — including the judge — once the trial was
: underway. Under New York law, a breach of that agreement
: could serve as grounds to set aside the jury’s verdict.

: Trump, who pleaded not guilty, has vowed to appeal his
: conviction. His sentencing is scheduled for July 11, just
: days before he’s set to become the Republican Party’s
: official presidential nominee. (excerpts)

: Source:
: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4710930-trump-hush-money-judge-flags-facebook-user-claiming-early-knowledge-of-verdict/