Trump Just Tweeted Again ‘DEATH PENALTY!’ for the NYC Terrorist. Legal Experts Say He May Have Tainted the Jury Pool.

‘The President May Have Just Ruined DOJ’s Case’

President Donald Trump went on a strange tweetstorm Wednesday, posting 19 tweets throughout the day, starting at 7:24 AM and ending at 11:43 PM. For a president preparing for Friday’s two-week trip to Asia, it’s curious he had time to tweet so much (and yet waited 24 hours to call New York’s governor and NYC’s mayor after Tuesday’s terror attack.)

Among Trump’s tweets were a happy birthday wish to golfer Gary Player (“a truly great Champion and Person!”), a Fox News video on coal production (“It is finally happening for our great clean coal miners!”), and a call for the New York City terrorist who killed eight people to “GET DEATH PENALTY!”

That’s a problem.

And it’s a problem Trump compounded Thursday morning, when he did it again:

Prosecutors and legal experts say Trump likely tainted the jury pool with his tweet, which will make it infinitely harder to prosecute the terrorist.

“Presidents are typically advised never to weigh in on pending criminal cases because such comments can be used by defense lawyers to argue that their clients cannot get a fair trial — especially when the head of the executive branch that will prosecute the charges advocates the ultimate punishment before a judge has heard a single shred of evidence at trial,” The New York Times reported. 

Former federal prosecutor of 21 years, Elizabeth de la Vega, says the Dept. of Justice should step in to stop Trump from doing this again:

RadioLab’s legal editor:

Matthew Miller, MSNBC Justice and Security Analyst, and former Director of the Office of Public Affairs at DOJ:

Former Chief Asst. U.S. Attorney Andrew C. McCarthy:

Mark S. Zaid attorney specializing in national security: 

Former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti:

On Wednesday, Trump lashed out at the American justice system, calling it a “joke” and a “laughing stock” because it will take years to prosecute the NYC terrorist:

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