On Friday afternoon, Judge Juan Merchan issued a letter to Todd Blanche and Joshua Steinglass — opposing heads of representation in Donald Trump's hush money trial — alerting them to a Facebook post written by a mysterious individual claiming knowledge of the verdict in the case prior to it being handed down.
In the letter, Merchan writes:
Dear Counsel:
Today, the Court became aware of a comment that was posted on the Unified Court System's public
Facebook page and which I now bring to your attention. In the comment, the user, "Michael Anderson," states:
"My cousin is a juror and says Trump is getting convicted. Thank you folks for all your hard work!!!!"
Naturally, this called into question who this "Michael Anderson" is, but after a bit of digging, the post may be the work of a jokester.
According to Politico, the post left on an unrelated May 29 argument notice has since vanished, and may have been have been the result of a prank by a "regular troll" of the New York court system’s social media pages. But that isn't stopping Trumpers from grasping to use the post as a possible way to upend Trump's upcoming sentencing on July 11.
"That provides grounds for throwing out any conviction," one man said in response to Anderson's post.
"Take it easy, I'm a professional s**tposter," the troll stated on their Facebook account later in the day.
And in avoidance of any confusion, this just posted on said sh*tposter’s FB account: pic.twitter.com/JNeaIi0AVR
— Katie Phang (@KatiePhang) June 7, 2024
