Trump lawyers allege 'grave juror misconduct' in their latest attack on hush money conviction

[ad_1] Legal professionals for President-elect Donald Trump say they've obtained proof of "grave juror misconduct" within the New York felony case that resulted in his being convicted on 34 felony counts.

"The in depth and pervasive misconduct at concern violated President Trump's rights underneath the federal Structure and New York legislation," Trump attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove wrote in a Dec. 3 letter that was unsealed Tuesday.

Trump's attorneys informed NBC Information they wrote the letter after a juror within the case reached out to them. Manhattan District Legal professional Alvin Bragg's workplace didn't instantly reply to a request for remark.

Particulars of the alleged misconduct have been unclear. The letter is closely redacted.

In a reply letter additionally unsealed Tuesday, the DA referred to as the misconduct allegations "imprecise," and stated the one who shared the declare had informed Trump's staff its abstract of the allegations “comprises inaccuracies."

In an order Monday directing the letter to be made public, Decide Juan Merchan stated it contained "unsworn and contested statements" that might threaten jurors' security if posted in full on the general public courtroom docket.

An unredacted a part of the letter says, “This conduct is totally unacceptable and it demonstrates with out query that the verdicts on this case are as unreliable as DA Bragg’s promise to guard Manhattanites from violent crime."

The letter urged Merchan to "think about" the allegations whereas he decides on Trump's motions to dismiss the case, however the decide stated in his Monday order that he can't achieve this.

“Allegations of juror misconduct needs to be completely investigated. Nonetheless, this Court docket is prohibited from deciding such claims on the premise of mere rumour and conjecture," the decide wrote, noting that might change if Trump moved to put aside the decision on the grounds of juror misconduct.

"Such a movement 'should include sworn allegations,'" the decide wrote.

He added, "Ought to a correctly filed declare be submitted, these redactions will probably be revisited."

The DA's letter stated Trump's attorneys informed the decide they didn't need a listening to on the alleged misconduct, and referred to the likelihood as “invasive factfinding.”

The filings got here someday after Merchan denied Trump's bid to dismiss his conviction on expenses of falsifying enterprise data case in opposition to him on the grounds of presidential immunity.

The president-elect unloaded on Merchan for that call in a publish on his social media platform Fact Social on Tuesday, calling it a "fully unlawful psychotic order."

Merchan "fully disrespected america Supreme Court docket, and its Historic Choice on Immunity," Trump added. "However even with out Immunity, this illegitimate case is nothing however a Rigged Hoax."