Donald Trump’s lawyers are demanding that Judge Juan Merchan toss the 34 counts of falsifying business records the president-elect was convicted of in May because they allege the verdict was tainted by “grave juror misconduct during the trial.”
“The jury in this case was not anywhere near fair and impartial,” they alleged.
Details of the exact nature of the misconduct were redacted from the lawyers’ letter, which was dated Dec. 3, but added to the public court docket Tuesday. However, some information is known:
Prosecutors said the claim by Trump’s attorneys stemmed from email exchanges between the defense and an unnamed whistleblower.
The full exchanges were not attached to the letter, they said, but excerpts apparently showed the whistleblower saying the defense’s version of events “contains inaccuracies and does not contain additional…