BREAKING: Jury delivers note to Manafort trial Judge...

[brooklynite]

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[AJT]

1. Hung jury?

[WillowTree]

3. It's way too soon to declare a hung jury.

[Brother Buzz]

2. 2nd note?

[dalton99a]

4. Yep.

[Brother Buzz]

5. Is this jury sequestered?

[dalton99a]

6. No.

[Brother Buzz]

7. So it's not an request for Friday night pizza

[janx]

8. Another question, probably. n/t

[lagomorph777]

9. "Are the ostrich jackets for sale?"

[janx]

11. ...

[Jarqui]

34. "Where is the Pee Pee tape?"

Is that banker still taking any loan applications? We could open up the jury foreman position for him.

etc

[Leghorn21]

10. Some replies to Shimon's tweet:

Let the wild speculation re-commence!

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What’s guilty mean again?

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Is there anything MORE guilty than 'Guilty'?"

or

"Are there dibs yet on that Ostrich coat?"

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[janx]

12. Those are great! n/t

[pnwmom]

13. Follow up: Prosecutors and defense lawyers have entered the courtroom

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Prosecutors and defense lawyers have entered the courtroom having been notified of a note from the jury.
Mrs Manafort has also entered.
11:48 AM - Aug 17, 2018

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Manafort is now in the courtroom.

[janx]

16. About Mrs. Manafort. . .

She was involved in all of this stuff, no? Does she skate?

[pnwmom]

19. She wasn't charged with anything.

[Fred Sanders]

17. Could one of a hundred things...let the wild speculation commence, indeed!

Sitting idly by drinking courthouse coffee, and having been denied the opportunity to have all the names of the jurors revealed, so they could be individually threatened and harassed, even a slip of paper is cause for rejoicing!

[B2G]

36. A sane soul today.

Thank you. Truly.

[Fred Sanders]

37. 😀

Off to the garden, still got dandelions, the fuckers. Have a great day!

[B2G]

40. You too!

[Sancho]

42. Don't carry a knife or wear a scarf!!

[dalton99a]

18. Probably motion to unseal

[oswaldactedalone]

15. Trumplodyte

Won’t convict. Retrial here we come with Trump crowing about the witch hunt being foiled.

[Agschmid]

20. Summer Friday?

[manor321]

21. Argh

"The note the jury sent to Judge Ellis said the jury would like to finish their deliberations Friday at 5pm because one of the jurors has an event tonight."

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[triron]

23. Boy is that anti-climactic.

[MineralMan]

26. Aw, Jeez! An event, eh?

WTF?

[Brother Buzz]

35. One juror scored Yankee tickets to tonight's game from an anonymous person

How long does it take to travel from DC to NY?

[nycbos]

31. So if they can't reach a verdict by 5pm they comeback on Monday.

[Fred Sanders]

32. And...the bleary eyed and idle fourth estate gulps down another cup of courthouse coffee.

And for those surprised the judge has not been paying rapt attention to the media coverage...isn't that a good thing?

[honest.abe]

41. Maybe a baseball game.

[Garrett78]

43. That event had better be damn important.

[NCTraveler]

22. One of DU's best aspects.

Speculation on legal matters.



Manafort just asked to leave the courtroom and the fucking judge let him!

Fucking Trumpster!

The judge has been bribed and is letting Manafort walk out!

NYT Tweet

Manafort has returned after using the rest room.

[bearsfootball516]

27. Lol it's pretty absurd sometimes.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

30. And grabbing his blow under the toilet seat. Or a red pill from putin.

[Fred Sanders]

33. Sentence first, verdict later works on all kinds of things. No evidence required is the best part!

[.99center]

24. MSNBC: Jury wants to leave early.

[herding cats]

25. One of the jurors has an event tonight and they'd like to finish their deliberations at 5PM today.

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The note the jury sent to Judge Ellis said the jury would like to finish their deliberations Friday at 5pm because one of the jurors has an event tonight.
0 replies 2 retweets 2 likes

No verdict today folks.

[Iterate]

38. What, no panic?

What will we do without panic?

Confirmed here:

Brandi Buchman
? @BBuchman_CNS

NOW: The note passed from jurors to the court was merely a request to end at 5PM because a juror has plans this evening.
11:55 AM - 17 Aug 2018

Plus BB tweeted concerning threads and the release of juror's names:


Brandi Buchman
? @BBuchman_CNS
51m51 minutes ago

On the media request, Judge Ellis said he didn't wish to reveal jurors names/addresses out of an abundance of caution. Judge Ellis has received threats, he told the courtroom. (1/3)
9 replies 80 retweets 122 likes
Brandi Buchman
? @BBuchman_CNS
51m51 minutes ago

“I won’t reveal to you any of the threats [I have received] and I have no reason to believe that if [the jurors] had their names revealed, they wouldn’t be threatened. I don’t feel it’s right if I release their names.”
(2/3)
3 replies 47 retweets 99 likes

Brandi Buchman
? @BBuchman_CNS

“I have the marshal’s protection. I don’t even go to the hotel alone. I won’t even reveal the name of the hotel.”
(3/3)

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[Doodley]

28. What do they think this is?

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

29. Hopefully the GD judge didn't pollute the jury.

Come on people...Hopefully the note says...Can you order out for 5 pizzas?

[ProudLib72]

39. Bullshit! I'm all knowing and I can tell you what was in that note

It was from juror #5 who is hot for Ellis for some reason. The note simply read "Digits?".

[Liberal In Texas]

44. CNN saiys they're asking for a definition of "Reasonable Doubt"

Sounds like they're deadlocked.