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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bevan Hurley

Trump Organization trial juror lifts lid on deliberations and reveals why panel voted to convict

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A New Yorker who sat on the jury that found two Trump Organization companies guilty of criminal tax fraud has revealed how the panel referred to the former president as “Joe Smith” during deliberations.

The unnamed jurist told the Daily Beast that they had coined the pseudonym to avoid feelings of bias against Donald Trump.

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