Social Media Message Could Doom Trump NYC Verdict -- If It's True (And That's a BIG IF)

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Depending on what the conduct consisted of, that juror could find himself or herself subjected to criminal liability -- though even that could be very difficult to prove given New York's juror misconduct statutes.
42% : The judge who presided over former President Donald Trump's trial notified the parties that on May 29, a user named "Michael Anderson" (if that is his real name) posted on the New York Unified Court System's public Facebook page that "My cousin is a juror and says Trump is getting convicted . . .
36% : Third, in terms of what this means for the verdict, there is recent precedent from New York's highest court that could call for the verdict against Trump to be set aside.
31% : [including the instruction to] not discuss the case with anyone (including other members of the jury) until all evidence has been presented and the jury retires to deliberate."If Anderson's comment turns out to be true, at least one juror clearly did not follow those instructions with a potential consequence that the jury's verdict against Trump could be tossed out.

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