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Donald "I Am Batman" Trump Reports For Jury Duty After Failing To Respond To Five Prior Summonses
Over the weekend, the Donald came to Iowa, saw, and then left in his chopper. But not before declaring himself to be America's caped crusader:
Into the helicopter went William, 9; Sean, 6; Brendan, 5; and Henry, who just turned 3. Their mother went with them. Henry got scared just before takeoff and left the aircraft to be with his father. The other boys remained. William brought a GoPro camera to capture the experience; a clip later wound up on Facebook.
"Mr. Trump," he said, aiming the camera at his benefactor.
"Yes," Trump said, pulling on the lapels of his jacket.
"Are you Batman?" the boy asked.
"I am Batman," Trump said.
The helicopter roared to life, causing another windstorm, hurling more dust at the people outside. William looked out the window, marveling at the power of the machine.
Here was Trump's vantage point: a comfortable seat in the eye of the storm, a place to watch the rotor wash without messing up your hair. To William, this was the best moment of the whole ride. It felt just like a video game.
So having gone back to New York, what is keeping the Donald occupied today? The answer: jury duty.
Reuters reports that the republican frontrunner for presidential candidate, "appeared in Manhattan Supreme Court to join fellow New Yorkers to possibly be selected to cast a verdict in a trial." He did so in the way he does everything else: as a star in his own reality show: "The Real President Of The US"
Arriving in a black limo, Trump, 69, was greeted by a throng of reporters and television crews numbering around 100 people. He signed an autograph on way in and fist-bumped a supporter before heading into the courthouse.
Perhaps the reason the media is particularly fascinated with Trump's appearance in court is because it was his first time in six that he decided to respond to a jury duty summons: "The real estate mogul's service came after a state judge in March fined him $250 for failing to respond to summonses to serve jury duty five times since 2006."
But before anyone assumes that Trump did not take his civic duties seriously before he was a presidential contender, the spin is that the court simply did not know where the self-professed billionaire actually lives:
Trump's representatives say the fine was ultimately waived and say the prior summonses had been sent to a wrong address for the former star of NBC's "The Apprentice."
Michael Cohen, an executive vice president and special counsel to the Trump Organization, said if Trump had received the notices, he would have complied.
"Any assertion that Mr. Trump doesn't take his civic responsibilities seriously is absolutely false and only being used as an attempt to discredit his stellar reputation," he said in a statement.
And so today's episode of Trump reality TV is complete: he joins a long list of celebrities to report for jury duty in the New York courts in recent years, following Madonna, Caroline Kennedy and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
That covers today. For tomorrow's exciting update in the Donald Trump reality TV show, tune in, well, tomorrow. It may not make much sense, but it will be exciting.
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Jeez, if you're a busy person...no one likes this crap
It shows that he doesn't think the rules apply to him. Just like the current in-power politiicans do. But whatever - I'm voting for Reset / Grid Down 2016!
The biggest downside to registering to vote is the risk of jury duty.
The court system can be very threatening. These are not my peers and my time is worth more than the BS.
The get-out-of-jury-duty line that has always worked for a number of my colleagues is them stating that they are big believer in personal responsibilty. That usually gets them excused pretty fast.
...And of course, I'm certain that Hillary, Bill, Bernie, George, GW, Barak, and Joe have ALWAYS responded to their Jury Duty Summonses....
[Crickets chirping...]
Donald Trump is like a Glitch in the Matrix. The illusion is dissolving and TPTB are assuming battle positions.
I would pay (= donate to charity) good money to sit on the same jury as the Trumpster.
He probably payed money to be selected for jusy duty - you know, one of those common man type of duties. plus more free press.
NoVa
When I serve on the jury, I like chatting about the advantages of Jury Nullification wherein we, the jury, stick it to the pigs!
When they ask about prejudices, I always respond that I have a deep distrust for lawyers. Got me out all but one time......that time the plantiff's lawyers had used up all their culls. It was a nonsense back injury from a 2 mph rear-ender, complete with husband co-suit for loss of marital affections. They got stuck with a jury with 3 scientists and 4 nurses......and were probably a bit disheartened at all the laughing coming out of the jury room. We found for the plantiff (there was a rear-end collision after all), and awarded compensation for the cost of the neck brace (about $100).
..and the defense will disqualify him.
Publicus, do you just cut and paste your previous posts, or are you suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder?
I think this quote is quite fitting:
Because a glitch in the Matrix is a change made by those who operate the Matrix.
Trump is that fix.
Perfect Publicus. Although I don't think that is how you meant it.
pods
Showing critical thinking skills works even faster.
I have it coming up in a few weeks.
I'm just going to say I believe in jury nullification.
The biggest downside to registering to vote is the risk of jury duty.
The court system can be very threatening. These are not my peers and my time is worth more than the BS.
Perhaps, but you owe it to yourself to sit through the selection process once to see how it works. The short version is: anyone with half a brain is eliminated by either the prosecutor or the defense, but mostly by the prosecution. Anyone with any relevant knowledge or experience which might lead them to question the validity of any "expert" testimony will be eliminated.
I was selected once and showed up at Federal courthouse for the process. The case would have relied heavily on computer-based evidence. When I made it known, during interviewing, that I had extensive computer experience, including forensics, the prosecutor absolutely grabbed the "jury pool" board from the clerk (waved him over, ripped it from his hands, you should have seen the look on his face), grabbed the slip with my name on it, and furiously scribbled something on it, and handed it back to the clerk. I watched her do it, and my name was called for dismissal right after that.
My opinion of the trial process bit the dust after that. It is not about seeking truth, it is about seeking outcomes and building careers, often on the backs of innocent lives. It is said it is more difficult to "prove innocence"; the prosecution process, however, is about creating a story about how the crime happened, and then forcing the defense to prove it didn't happen that way. Stupid sheeple are easy to convince, and frighten into convicting, the stupider the better.
"The short version is: anyone with half a brain is eliminated by either the prosecutor or the defense, but mostly by the prosecution..."
Sorry SWR. If you actually did criminal jury trials for a living, you'd know that this is simply not the case.
The likely reason you were kicked is that based on your background, it was believed you had a pre-determined picture of what you thought the evidence in the case should show. The problem with many people with technical backgrounds is that they believe (rightly or wrongly) that they know the right way to do something, and that anyone else's notion of 'truth' that doesn't fit with their personal 'model' is rejected out of hand.
Your subsequent opinion about the 'process' shows that you have made a snap judgment about an entire system based on your sole anecdotal experience. You have proved my point entirely. Technical people are very 'black and white:' there is only one right way to do something. They often refuse to listen to anything that departs from their own experiences.
Remember, every new scientific theory challenges the status quo; acceptance only comes with time. If the scientific community refused to accept new paradigms, it would wither and die.
I love engineers on my juries (in fact I are one); just not on a case where their experience may have biased them against the evidence I intend to present.
made a snap judgment about an entire system based on your sole anecdotal experience.
Like this?: you have made a snap judgment about an entire system based on your sole anecdotal experience. You read one of my posts and pyschoanalyze me?
Talk about your know-it-alls, preaching acceptance only comes with time and accepting "new paradigms".
not on a case where their experience may have biased them against the evidence I intend to present. Proving MY point. Your acceptance of your own evidence is absolute, and you can brook no countervailing view, because YOU ARE RIGHT. Right?
So if you're really an attorney, your lack of sound reasoning shows me why you are not qualified to be an engineer, but more suited to lying to people for money.
That was too easy...you're not really a very good attorney, are you?
It is possible I really don't understand the criminal jury trial process. After all, I've only been doing it for 20 years...
As for your snap judgment:
"My opinion of the trial process bit the dust after that."
Your words, not mine.
No "pyschoanalyze" necessary; you condemned an entire system following a single bad experience.
Again, you were likely kicked because they felt you would be biased, overly-opinionated and closed-minded.
QED
Who said that was my only experience with "the entire system"? You? Did you assume it, and reach a firm conclusion based on the assumption?
You know it SW.
I sat in a municipal courtroom watching 2 female (public tax paid employee) prosecutors, intimidate, threaten, and lie to the poor miscreants that; hadn't put on their seat bealts; fine started at 500 with court and administration (can I say whatever instead of ministration) fees, on sale today for 150 with a payout plan or this officer will take you to your cell and you get your phone call tomorrow morning. Ditto for driving on the grass, busted tail lite lense (signal still working, didn't matter) and 28 more similar "memes" before we got to talk to her about my wifes littering ticket (our trash bag was found 2 miles from our house with junk mail addressed to my wife). 750.00 with court and admin costs. She said the state of Texas takes littering seriously. We got heated at each other in the back and forth, my po little wife sobbing away cause she was admant about not paying a fine for littering she didn't do and going to jail, even though i promised her I would bring her chocolate cookies, and herzilla finally stated she would get with the ticketing officer and get back to us.
A black man, that had driven on the grass and took the payout plan told me in the hall after we left the courtroom "Man, they are going to throw the book at you. You cain't talk that way to the man".
3 phone call later, she dismissed the charge. Had already eaten the oreos, good thing.
And the corrupt powers that be are happy about this because it leaves only the easily fooled idiots to sit ont he jury. No nbeed to wonder how government goes along shoving millions into their prison camps. Your just too busy to do something about it.
That's what I thought and I didn't register to vote precisely for that reason after I moved to another address and left no forwarding address. However, they sent me a summons three years later so they must have found it through some other means.
Gotta he pretty easy to get out of jury duty. Just tell them you believe in jury nullification. You will be the LAST person that prosecutor will want.
Doesn't work, the call list is separate. I always show up and the prosecutor always sends me home as soon as he sees me......
Trump/Ventura...Hell ya. Listen to Jesse tell it how it is....Jesse is articulate, and well spoken and always thinks before he speaks. I thought he was "Slow", but that is just his way of communicating. Listen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yaxk5XQpR0
Yeah, he's Batman now but after he's elected he'll turn into Robin....as in he's robbin' the american taxpayer.
Trump is a nice distraction. He keeps the actual pre-elected candidates - Hillary and Jeb from being scrutinized.
Why do I feel yucky all over after reading this?
Kind of like reading about Kim K's ass, only it's America's ass.
serving on jury duty allowed me to see how stupid people really are. i had to stick save a low life once because the dolts on a jury panel were bobble-heading him to a prison term. the last time i was called i told the judge i hated cops. haven't been called again
I refused to swear to obey (in advance) whatever command the judge might decide to issue during the trial. This was right after she smeared the idea of nullification without using the word.
There was absolutely no way I'd agree to obey someone who I just watched weasel more power that they had no right to have. I went from Juror #6 to Dismissed after the next break.
you used the "nullification" thought, so you'll probably not be on a panel again
Swearing obedience is a perfectly aceptable lie. Those fucking judges have no authority to put restraints or issue directives to jurors. They all think they do because it has become their custom. Yeah, I swear to whatever - then fuck you judge. Acquital regardless of the facts or testimony if the charges are political "crimes."
I've served on 4 juries. Each experience was horrendous. If you want to see how far down the crapper we have gone in terms of ability to understand a coherent argument or using facts to come to a conclusion, suck it up and serve.
My last experience was 4 years ago. Four jurors were intelligent and debated the case well, I didn't agree with all of them but they were respectable. 4 were absolute dolts could not distinguish argument from fact. Everything was an emotional response. Four just sat there in silence watching us all fight it out. When a conclusion seemed to emerge, they just voted for it with no contribution what so ever. I often wondered if I was seeing the true demographic of our society today.
Miffed
All I mean is that a board of directors is one or two ambitious men - and a lot of ballast. I mean that groups of men are vacuums. Great big empty nothings. They say we can't visualize a total nothing. Hell, sit at any committee meeting. The point is only who chooses to fill that nothing. It's a tough battle. The toughest. It's simple enough to fight any enemy, so long as he's there to be fought. But when he isn't... Ayn Rand
So it all distills down to the one question. Shall I be ballast and inert or sentient and alive? There are no gradations. Knowing why one path or the other is chosen is simple. Fear.
Miffed
Find the others. =)))
I cannot see it my love. I just see fear. Even in myself no matter how hard I try to eradicate it. Some remains in the shadows to grip me when I least expect it.
The event approaches. Probably early next year. If it goes the wrong way my life will never be the same. There are no guarantees or assurances. Everytime I try to prepare, the fear grips and paralyzes me. I cannot control it. My solution? To not think about it as the throngs around me asleep in their lives. I am no better than they. I am ashamed and humbled.
Miffed
I never found it hard to fill the vacuum left by lesser men.
That is your whole answer.
I did it.
I AM THE BEST
That is easy to see;-)
"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."
It is a lonely path I know so well.
Miffed
Spent a whole week deliberating the fate of a guy slinging $5 bags of crack in NYC, hung jury... what a colossal waste of time.
(Personally I thought it was hilarious because I was under the thumb of some consultant assholes "restructuring" my company...)
we talk about free shit armies a lot around here, the legal system epitomizes it
Bingo, SSRI JUNKIE: I said the same thing 30 years ago; was immediately dismissed and have never been called since, even living in a different state now. Hey, I had just sworn to tell the truth....what else can you say? BTW if you think Trump's being called for jury duty during Iowa isn't political and is just a coincidence, better think again.
the judge was so furious with me for saying that, i thought i was going to the pokey for sure. her commment to me was, "leave now before i change my mind"
Here's the "I am Batman" movie (6 seconds):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUYE74Mz2wE
Zero Hedge forget about Jeb's offshore money laundering operations???
Or Mitts.
Wonder will the shrub channel 100 million$ of his political whore enabled ill gotten gains; to his children
RICO all banksters, their political, bureucratic, lamestream media, judicial whores, 88,000 lawyers and repeal federal and
state income tax exemptions for government bonds.
"RICO all banksters, their political, bureucratic, lamestream media, judicial whores, 88,000 lawyers"
There is not a large enough number of prosecutors, there is not enough money, there are not enough honest judges to conduct all of the trials.
Not that it is a bad thing, but the government would fall apart if you did locate prosecutors, money, and judges.
And then, once all the deals done were declared frauds, think of how the court system would be tied up, trying to decide who owns what?
If we did it, we would need to go to the top and prosecue them..
The giant will fall because its feet are made of clay.
I think it was one of the dreams/visions interpreted by Daniel.
Prepare for it.
There will be no place to hide.
Is the metaphorical giant, the government behemoth?
Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. (Daniel 2:31-33)
...
And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. (Daniel 2:41-43)
There is more clay than iron in the feet of America's leaders.
"RICO all banksters, their political, bureucratic, lamestream media, judicial whores, 88,000 lawyers"
'The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout 'Save us!' And I'll look down, and whisper 'No''
Actually the Donald has zero chance for ever being picked for a jury. The damn system should be fined for not taking him off the list in the first place.
I think the whole thing is a publicity stunt.
Let's see those jury papers, Donald Hussein Trump!
Got that right. Especially if the first court case involves an "illegal" who stole something from a Flea Market.
The DONALD is the only "Law West Of the Pecos" !! HAHAHA!!!!
Personally, trump level celebreties are a complete distraction to any case.
They are not my peer. maybe trump on the oj case... like that
Welp this guy IS the classic American folk hero. (That's no compliment)
His own gaudy success aside, his grandfather also got rich setting up hotels(brothels) and restaurants, for the men and their whores and during the Klondike gold rush.
Batman indeed.
So.
If wishes were AGE's and bats could fly, I wish he'd been my grandfather.
Just tell the court that your in the country illegally,that will get you off jury duty,and get you 30 million Mexican votes next November..
I wouldn't go to jury do again, because it's downtown, in high traffic, high crime area that requires leaving 2 hours early to get there on time and 3 hours to get home because of afternoon traffic.
Ain't sayin' the Donald has that kind of issue what with the limo and all. Don't blame him for ditchin; at all.
someone has to stop this endless insanity of borrowing $$$ we don't have and printing digital dollars as a means to finance our black hole of "entitlements" (otherwise known as promises that have no fucking way of ever being kept, offered-up by politicians seeking votes who will be long-dead when the promises need to be paid off). trump is a guy who simply does not care about the individual falling for the BS lie the prior politician sold them; trump's concern is the overall system imploding & there being nothing available for anyone. better put, would you rather have 80% of something or 100% of nothing. time to get serious about the haircuts that are needed to make the math work over the long-run. trump is the only guy in the race on either side with the balls to approach & tackle this problem.
$250 to get out of jury duty? Where do I sign up?
How to get out of jury duty. A little humor.
Curb Your Enthusiasm - Jury Duty - YouTube
when i was called it was an absolute kangaroo court. the prosecution bitch laid out up front that she had no case. it was a waste of everyone's time. needless to say i was excused.
A splendid opportunity. If called and questioned in voire dire, say, "I believe jurors have a duty to decide both the law and fact. A jury nullifying an unjust law is a patriotic duty." You'll not serve and have planted a seed in other jurors picked.
That is expicitly stated in the Maryland Constitution. A perfect opportunity to say nothing in voir dire and a lot in deliberations.
If Trump is Batman, that makes Hillary the Joker.
Except the Joker has a sense of humor, she's more of a Penguin kind of gal.
A penguin with a big fat ass.
Maybe he'll decide her case before she goes to the slammer.
What's 250 bucks to him?
Oh well, that makes him totally unqualified.
HOPE there aren't any HISPANIC voters in that jury box.
Otherwise BATMAN might need some protection. Hahahahahahahaha!!!
Just tell the attorney you endorse the death sentence by injection or old woodey.
Progressive lawyers will disqualify you on the kangaroo court seat placement.
In America you have the right to be tried by a jury of twelve people too stupid to get out of jury duty.
Among the jury duty selection(s) Mr. Trump "voluntarily" recused himself from...
One of them wouldn't have been the case of the collapse of Building 7 due to existing building and regulation safety code(s) and standard(s) being faulty?...
Imagine what would happen to "The Donald's" campaign as a native son of New York demanding a reinvestigation of the collapse of the Tower(s) and Building 7?...
Somebody had to ask this question!
Supporting Donald Trump is starting to feel like supporting Ron Paul: the media is against him and the more hit pieces I see the more I like him.
If I were Donald Trump I'd be sure to avoid as many jury duty instances as possible. Hell, I'm just a regular guy and I've avoided two of them.
Self immolation - all the cool people are doin' it!
This is nit-picking and not worthy of writing an article. Many, many, many, many, many others have had to go through the same procedure. I DID.....I was on the road so much, I found it very difficult to do the the jury duty thing....because I had a company to run and MANY mouths to feed....then when I COULD finally go in and sit through the process....they didn't select me.....
Leave Trump alone on the little stuff.
Where is the totally grilling of Hillary and the double standard that is trying to keep her out of jail....where she belongs? Her jailing would be a great message for all America.
I enjoy ZeroHedge....but this is below the level of reporting I expect from these gents.
http://www.theliberist.com
And from Jeff Nielson
The Court Jester remains near the throne to entertain whoever happens to be sitting on the Throne at that time. The Court Jester isn't near the throne because he (or she) is QUALIFIED to sit on that Throne. The fact that Donald Trump leads the Billionaires' Club in the category of "most bankruptcies" (as well as "loudest blowhard" and "worst hair-piece") is not a reason to elect him president -- unless you think like Simon Black.
...there’s one thing that really sets him apart, that, in my opinion, makes him the most qualified person for the job:Donald Trump is an expert at declaring bankruptcy.
When the going gets tough, Trump stiffs his creditors. He’s done it four times!
Why should he respond. Obviously the summones were addressed to Donald Trump. He only responds to "The Donald".
Where I was called the judge, lawyers and criminal all had first class plus seats. In the large luxury size courtroom a very small area was the jury box with hard no leg room economy coach quality chairs. Perhaps they wanted us angry or were just showing us their contempt. After wasting half a day they announced, "You can all go home. The defendant has copped a plea." What a waste of time!
One time I went, we were questioned, selected, marched over, seated, and ready to go. Then the defendant copped a plea. It was explained to us later that while we had not "served in a trial" we were useful because sometimes a defendant needs to see that shit is going to really happen and that serves as a wake up call, to call their bluff. They thanked us for our service and I only had to go that one day because we had been selected and they did not have enough cases that we would need to go back into the pool. I was okay with that.
I was called for jury selection a number of years ago. Judge called out names and asked the usual questions. When addressed an elderly gentleman cupped his ear and repeatedly responded "Say again?" He was summarily dismissed from the process, much to the delight of everyone there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5uztpW5xjU
I will vote for anyone who says their batman
.
the supreme court should recognize batman if he gets the nomination from the majority of states
I knew it was Trump, even when it Was Michael Keaton, I knew it was Trump.
When I was fresh out of college, I was selected for jury duty. Based on the questions the panel was asked and the race of the defendant, I assume it involved a Mexican illegal alien who was charged with trafficking drugs. We were asked something to this effect: "Do you think illegal aliens should be provided the same Constitutional protections that are afforded to citizens?". Only myself and an ornery old codger refused to raise our hands. The judge called me in later to explain myself, and I told him that if the defendant is an illegal, he shouldn't even be in this country. He should have the same rights that a prisoner expecting deportation would. That was the last time I got called for jury duty. If I get called up again, I'll actually do my best to get on a jury and educate them on nullification. My feeling at this point it really is a civic duty to ensure that juries understand how important nullification is as a last defense against tyranny.
I have ignored the last 4 jury summons that have hit my mailbox. $250 fine huh? Worth it to not waste my time sitting in a room with 11 other morons, a bad guy and a couple lawyers. Skipping jury duty seems to me to be the fiscally responsible choice.
How to get out of jury duty?
Ask questions when asked questions. Be honest but be an asshole. It's your right as a citizen to be the biggest asshole in the room. Trust me: if you're here, you can do it.