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Trump's Civil Trial Has No Jury Because 'Nobody Asked' for One, Judge Explains (themessenger.com)
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[–] [email protected] 187 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (15 children)

TL;DR, the AG asked for a bench trial, Trump's defense team didn't respond, and so Trump gets a bench trial. It's possible that a jury trial would have been disallowed in this particular case under New York law, but the defense didn't even bother to ask.

Whelp, that's on your people, Donald. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] 75 points 1 year ago (7 children)

You know you messed up when you run through so many good lawyers that the only people who are still willing to defend you are total goofballs.

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