Court adjourned in Trump defamation trial due to sick juror

The early adjournment came due to a juror feeling sick. Meanwhile, Trump's lawyer, Alina Habba, said she had dinner with her parents three days ago and now they have COVID-19.

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[johngailey]

no alternate jurors in New York?
When i served, we had a juror get sick and have to leave but had alternates

[jimlampkins]

Bullshit. Just call in the alternate juror and get this over with. This is ridiculous. Delay, delay, delay.

[lindajanderson]

Sick juror? I get that. Alternate can be brought in. Delay so Trump can campaign? Nope, not buying that one. No other person would be able to delay their trial because of 'job issues'. Are we "equal under the law" or not?

[chrisdoe]

Imagine if someone got the flu and had to go home ? I sure hope they all got their boosters . 😮 What a clown show .

[GravesRWFiA]

imagine if Habba gave covid to trump and side lined his campaign.

[normanreyome]

Nauseous...? I 've been nauseated since the Central Park 5

[mikeburmeister]

WTF...We haven't learned remote meetings yet.

[contextmatters]

I thought there were alternative jurors?

[Freedom_and_Democracy]

The juror felt nauseated. Trump is nauseous.

[dteed]

Called in legal experts & reporters to talk about a sick juror? 😂 youre kidding me... they all said the same thing. This is what the 24hr news cycle gets you. What a joke.

[Grammy]

He isn’t required to be there. This is political grandstanding, and it’s backfiring.

[all-about-us]

This is a new kind of delay

The Covid delay
From Trump
Playbook page 19 line 19

[Lovesapuzzle]

Is Haaba's covid exposure claim true or is this a ruse to push the timeline?

[jermainesnyder]

Trump’s defense team is coughing hard in each other’s face right now 😂😂🤣😂😂

[bradonbodnar]

If it wasn't repeatedly displayed, I would not believe the epic lack of common sense on display.

[newyorkvegas]

Maybe Trump got to the juror? Something smells very stinky.

[leslieseguin]

Why didn’t they wear masks another dumb move by Habba

[elizabethcarrington]

He doesn’t have to be in NH. His trial should come first. Special treatment again?

[angiecharping]

Something smells fishy here like they set this up!!! Primary tomorrow yeah right.

[brendameyer]

I thought the Republicans don’t believe in Covid😂😂