NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers are raising a new claim in their fight to overturn his hush money conviction, alleging that the historic verdict was tainted by juror misconduct.
But prosecutors contend that the allegations in a defense court filing made public Tuesday are “unsworn, unsupported” hearsay and part of a last-ditch effort to undermine public confidence in the case.
Trump’s lawyers claimed in a letter to Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan that they had “evidence of grave juror misconduct during the trial.”
Details of the allegations were redacted and hidden from public view.
AP correspondent Julie Walker reports Donald Trump’s lawyers allege juror misconduct in their latest
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