executive editor, barbell quarterly: It's apparently illegal to do so in New York! God knows why

Exciting boring update in Trump trial—the jury has a note!

@fleerultra.bsky.social Get ready for the cable pundits to go wild with speculation

The jury note contains 4 requests: (1) David Pecker testimony regarding phone convo during investor meeting, (2) Pecker Testimony related to McDougal's life rights agreement, (3) Pecker testimony regarding Trump Tower meeting, and (4) Cohen testimony regarding Trump Tower meeting (via Anna Bower)

Kyle Cheney jumps on the speculation train early, but why not: "Apply all the caveats here, but first instinct is this is not welcome news for Trump. Prosecutors spent a lot of their lengthy close focusing on value of Pecker's testimony. This is the roadmap they asked jurors to follow."

SECOND JURY NOTE: "We the jury request to rehear the judge's instructions." (via Anna Bower, Lawfare)

How come those don’t get written and given to juries?

It's apparently illegal to do so in New York! God knows why

Illiteracy shouldn't be a bar to being a juror. I wouldn't be surprised if it were one of those very old laws that's just hung around and everyone's like, "It doesn't do harm, I'm not going to bother fighting it."

is it something to maybe discourage souvenir chasers?

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