“On CNN: Lawyers Destroy Trump’s Trial Judge Merchan’s Jury Instructions” This is Something to Think About 06.04.24
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“On CNN: Lawyers Destroy Trump’s Trial Judge Merchan’s Jury Instructions”
Bill Bunkley’s “This Is Something to Think About Commentary”
Air Date Tuesday, June 4, 2024
It's not just the Fox Cable News team of legal analysts attacking former President Donald Trump's document Trial Judge Juan Merchan.
During a crucial CNN interview, legal experts meticulously dissected the way Judge Merchan issued his jury instruction, raising profound concerns about the trial's legality.
In a rare alignment, defense lawyer Randy Zelin and former Trump lawyer Tim Parlatore concurred on a significant constitutional concern regarding Judge Merchan's jury instructions. These flawed instructions could potentially lead to an overturned conviction.
Judge Merchan's instruction to the jury was controversial-they didn't have to agree unanimously on alleged crimes committed by Trump but could pick one out of three to return a guilty verdict.
This is one of the many more reversible errors Merchan will have to own on appeal.
Bill Bunkley is an 18-year veteran Salem Media talk show host based in Tampa. The Bill Bunkley Show airs weekdays across central Florida from 3 to 6 pm. Bill is also President of the Florida Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, which serves as the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention (Southern Baptist Convention Churches), among other churches and entities. He has served as the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention for the last 28 years at the state capitol in Tallahassee. By the Grace of his Lord Jesus, he is today a cancer survivor diagnosed in 2018 with AML Leukemia, having successfully undergone a bone marrow transplant that same year. His wife is Toni, son is Zac, and they attend Idlewild Baptist Church.
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