Idle Hands and Somebody’s Workshop

“The extraordinary intertwined with the ordinary, as it should in a case like this one. As one young woman from the Upper East Side, now to be known as Juror No. 2, put it during the selection process, ‘No one is above the law.’ Let’s hope that sentiment prevails.” https://t.co/q3au4p8AAj

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) April 18, 2024

And then Trump had a day off; and he got bored.

On the left:

NY judge's gag order prohibiting Trump from "making ... public statements about any prospective juror or any juror in this criminal proceeding."

On the right:

Trump making public statement about prospective jurors in this criminal proceedings. pic.twitter.com/qvqsnURlUj

— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) April 17, 2024

Trump's latest social media slip is a 'very very clear violation' of his gag order: expert https://t.co/r3qi8Z0SbY

— Raw Story (@RawStory) April 18, 2024

"It is a very, very clear violation of the gag order," he told CNN's Erin Burnett on her show "Out Front." "The gag order's last provision says that Trump cannot make public statements about any prospective juror or any juror. Full stop."

Trump just made an 'attempt to intimidate jurors' on social media: CNN legal analyst https://t.co/nk4aWQFU4g

— Raw Story (@RawStory) April 18, 2024

"I mean, it is just not permissible and I think prosecutors who will have already asked to have him founded contempt for other violations where he's talked about witnesses. This in many respects is much more serious because judges take the jury and the integrity of the jury as almost sacrosanct and the idea that he's intimidating the jury is something that I think Judge Merchan is going to be very concerned about."

I’m old enough to remember yesterday, when Trump grumbled something one account described as barely audible, as a juror was leaving the room to. A dismissed juror. And Merchan told the lawyer (as he should do) to tell his client to watch his ass.

So I expect this gets folded into the show cause hearing and Trump may soon end up finding out it’s perfectly constitutional to introduce him to a jail cell before the trial is concluded. It may be the only way to keep his stubby little fingers off his phone.

Agnifilo on Trump’s post: I think the judge going to go ripshit because you cannot say anything like that about a juror. pic.twitter.com/9PAKqyu8xP

— Acyn (@Acyn) April 18, 2024

By the way, what he did is not a "re-tweet," this is, with a single click reposting someone's else original post.

He wrote that out, or had one of his staff or friends write it, on HIS account.

— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) April 18, 2024

Trump is now "re-truthing" fake allegations about jurors. A full jury isn't even sworn in and he's already coming for them. pic.twitter.com/BKi0D5VeXw

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) April 17, 2024

Tomorrow, at least, should be interesting.