Trump Hush-Money Case Roiled by Mysterious Facebook Post Claiming ‘Cousin’ on Jury Bragged of Coming Conviction: Is It Merely a Troll?

The judge in the case, Juan Merchan, notified defense attorneys and prosecutors of the Facebook posting.

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President Trump with attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 29, 2024. Jabin Botsford-pool/Getty Images

The New York Supreme Court judge, who is overseeing President Trump’s hush-money case and will sentence Trump next month, sent a letter to defense attorneys and to the prosecution on Friday, informing them that a person on Facebook claimed to have had advance knowledge of the guilty verdict in the case.

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