Bolling: Trump’s Judge “Should Be Tried For Treason”

“Judge Merchan — Juan Merchan — has somehow made new rules for this case. And in a very odd twist, this judge, Merchan, has instructed the jurors that they, in fact, do not need to be unanimous.

“Some can find Trump guilty of, say, one thing. Others may find him guilty of another charge. And somehow, they all just need to find 1 of the 34 charges or options to find guilt even if they weren’t unanimous on any single charge.

“I’m no lawyer, but that certainly sounds like the judge is scrambling for a conviction even if it gets overturned on appeal. This judge should be tried for treason.” – Newsmax host Eric Bolling.

The Washington Post has a fact check:

Trump called it ridiculous, unconstitutional and un-American “that the highly Conflicted, Radical Left Judge is not requiring a unanimous decision on the fake charges against me.” At first glance, it might appear that the former president doesn’t understand one of the basic tenets of the legal system: that guilty verdicts in criminal cases have to be unanimous.

The jury must be unanimous when it comes to determining whether Trump is guilty or not guilty of each specific falsifying business records count, and whether he did so in an effort to unlawfully impact an election, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan said.

He added, however, that the panel did not have to be unanimous about which of those three types of crimes could serve as the underlying violation that brings the state election charge into play. In Trump’s case, prosecutors have offered three types of crimes that would make the state election-meddling charge come into play: federal election law crimes, tax crimes or false business records.