Key Question for Republican Job Seekers & Potential Trump Jurors
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Job applicants for positions in key states within the Republican National Committee are being asked whether they believe the 2020 election was stolen as a test of their loyalty to Donald Trump. This question has also been raised in Manhattan courtrooms during jury selection for Trump’s trials. Prosecutors argue that a person who believes the election was stolen may not be willing to follow the facts and blindly rely on statements made by Trump, potentially affecting their ability to be fair and impartial jurors.
2020 Election Belief Question in Trump Trials and GOP Job Interviews
Both prosecutors and Republican hiring bosses are asking the same question: “Do you believe the 2020 election was stolen?” This question appears in the wake of a recent Republican National Committee purge in which over 60 staffers were fired under new leadership supported by ex-President Donald Trump.
The same question is being posed in Manhattan courtrooms, both in past civil trials where Trump was a defendant, and potentially in future jury selections for his criminal trials.
Trump’s First Criminal Trial and Election Question
Trump’s first criminal trial, set to start in April, revolves around hush money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. Prosecutors are using the 2020 election belief question to evaluate fairness and impartiality of potential jurors. Joshua Steinglass, district attorney’s lawyer, argued that an affirmative answer could show a juror’s unwillingness to follow facts and instructions.
“Over half the population of this country believe the election was stolen,” Trump’s lawyer Todd Blanche retorted, without providing evidence. Trump, charged with 34 felony counts related to an alleged affair cover-up with Daniels before the 2016 election, pleaded not guilty. His 2020 election fraud allegations have been debunked.
Election Question in Other Trump Trials
During Trump’s January trial against writer E. Jean Carroll, the 2020 election question was asked. Two potential jurors who believed the 2020 election was stolen were not selected. Trump ultimately lost the case and was ordered to pay Carroll $83.3 million, which he is now appealing.
Special counsel Jack Smith has also suggested asking potential jurors in the upcoming Florida classified documents case about their beliefs on the 2020 election. As Blanche summed up during a February hearing, “What we all want to know, and what they want to know is: Do they like President Trump?”
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