Posted on 11/09/2017 4:17:54 PM PST by SMGFan
NEWARK -- Jurors deciding whether U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez accepted gifts from a wealthy Florida ophthalmologist can't agree on whether they were bribes or acts of generosity between two good friends, a juror dismissed from the case said Thursday.
"It's a hung jury right now," Evelyn Arroyo-Maultsby told the media after she was excused from the trial Thursday afternoon.
The juror said her former fellow panel members were still going through documents amassed during nine weeks of testimony in an attempt to determine whether the Democratic lawmaker committed a crime.
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A juror, who was excused from the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), said Thursday she would have found the New Jersey lawmaker ”not guilty on every charge” if she had remained on the jury.
“I feel like the government was very corrupted, not that Menendez was. That they were, to me, railroading him. This is how I feel. Personally, he’s not guilty on all counts,” Evelyn Arroyo-Maultsby said, according to Politico.
WHAT!!!??? Who got to those jurors?
The fix is in. Menendez walks.
The split is probably along party lines.
I wonder how that doctor who’s sitting in prison for bribing him feels about that right now?
“...The fix is in. Menendez walks....”
The “fix” is always in for elite UniParty members...always. Never forget that.
Just look at Hitlery....she’s still out free as a bird.
Laws are only for the “unwashed masses”. That’d be you and me.
These people walk, until the SHTF.
Then the piper will get paid. Bigly.........
Speaking of paying the piper;
Donna Brazile will need to vigorously shake out her wigs, each time she puts one on. She would also be wise to hire someone to start her car up for the next few years.
Donna, if you don’t remember ordering pizza, do not answer the door when someone comes knocking at 2am “Pizza Delivery, it’s free!”
Sounds like he took out Gotti Insurance before the trial.
Sounds like the jury is acting political not judicial.
Calling OJ jury for advice.
From Newsweak, just before Obama used his AG to take out Menendez:
“But when it comes time to deal with a contentious legislator like Menendez, there’s no real plan of action. Bill Clinton would try to flatter his enemies to death, occasionally tempering them as he did the likes of Bob Kerrey. Lyndon Johnson tried to muscle Fulbright, with only limited success.
So far if there’s been any handling of Menendez it’s backfired. When it comes to Iran, Menendez publicly accused the administration of “fear mongering” and went further when he said the administration’s talking points on Iran sanctions sounded like they could have come “straight out of Iran.” The White House didn’t launch a charm offensive or any offensive to rein him in. And when Menendez has played ball—he has never stuck it to Obama on confirmations and is helping line up an Authorization for Use of Military Force against ISIS—there hasn’t been much praise.
Now, with another set of sanctions looming against Iran, the question is whether Obama and Menendez can find a way to work together. So far Menendez has helped stave off some of the more extreme sanctions proposals being pushed by Republicans in the Senate Banking Committee. If multilateral negotiations to tame Iran’s nuclear program fail—and that seems more likely than not—can Obama, the smooth Hawaiian, find a way to work with Menendez, the tough Jersey guy, to compromise? Don’t bet on it.”
...The split is probably along party lines...
All Menendez needs is one “not guilty” vote for a hung jury. That’s likely the goal.
and again the left can do what they want and skate.
oh well it’s a jury system and we have to accept their verdict.
From Newsweak, just before Obama used his AG to take out Menendez:
“But when it comes time to deal with a contentious legislator like Menendez, there’s no real plan of action. Bill Clinton would try to flatter his enemies to death, occasionally tempering them as he did the likes of Bob Kerrey. Lyndon Johnson tried to muscle Fulbright, with only limited success.
So far if there’s been any handling of Menendez it’s backfired. When it comes to Iran, Menendez publicly accused the administration of “fear mongering” and went further when he said the administration’s talking points on Iran sanctions sounded like they could have come “straight out of Iran.” The White House didn’t launch a charm offensive or any offensive to rein him in. And when Menendez has played ball—he has never stuck it to Obama on confirmations and is helping line up an Authorization for Use of Military Force against ISIS—there hasn’t been much praise.
Now, with another set of sanctions looming against Iran, the question is whether Obama and Menendez can find a way to work together. So far Menendez has helped stave off some of the more extreme sanctions proposals being pushed by Republicans in the Senate Banking Committee. If multilateral negotiations to tame Iran’s nuclear program fail—and that seems more likely than not—can Obama, the smooth Hawaiian, find a way to work with Menendez, the tough Jersey guy, to compromise? Don’t bet on it.”
The ignorance of this woman and her lack of understanding of our legal system is appalling, and in part a good example of what is wrong with the system
Does the dismissed juror have the right to discuss what is happening behind closed doors?
Of course he will! He’s a DEM. Republicans are convicted, but get one Dem on the panel judging another Dem, and the perp walks. Disgusting.
That was my feeling. I’d think this juror would be liable to a contempt citation.
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