Former federal prosecutor Jeffrey Toobin scoffed at the idea that jury nullification could play a role in Donald Trump’s New York criminal, thus thwarting a conviction of the former president.
Jury nullification occurs when a jury returns a verdict of not guilty no matter what the evidence indicates.
On Thursday, jurors in Trump’s hush money trial heard testimony from former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, who described how he participated in “catch and kill” arrangements to suppress negative stories about some politicians, including Trump. The former president has pleaded not guilty to falsifying business records to cover up extramarital affairs he had before the 2016 election.
“There’s gonna be an underlying current here by the defense of jury nullification,” said criminal defense attorney Arthur Aidalaon CNN “Like, ‘So what? So, what?’ Let’s just say everything the prosecutor says is true and they satisfy the elements of the crime, which is crazy crime. So …