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Speed of Trump jury selection surprises after predictions of drawn-out slugfest
Seven jurors were empanelled by the second day of Donald Trump’s trial Tuesday, leaving only five slots plus several backups unfilled. It was faster than most had predicted for the historic and unusual criminal trial. Analysts had predicted it might take two weeks or more to select a jury for the highest-ranking U.S. politician ever to face a criminal trial. Regular citizens were grilled over old social media posts and political opinions. Some cracked under questioning, but a handful survived. Empanelling a jury has been challenge No. 1 in theRead more
Accused RCMP leaker asked colleague to compile top-secret report on organized crime, jury hears
Cameron Ortis’s lawyers claim their client had the ‘authority’ to do everything that he did Former RCMP intelligence director Cameron Ortis asked a subordinate to compile a top-secret report on criminal organizations’ use of encrypted phones about a year before prosecutors say he leaked sensitive information to a Canadian accused of selling such devices, the jury in his trial heard earlier this week. Gregory O’Hayon worked under Ortis in a unit within the RCMP called operation research (OR), which was meant to brief senior leadership on emerging threats based on intelligenceRead more
Jury shown video of Nathaniel Veltman pacing in police cell after arrest in attack on Muslim family
4 of 5 Afzaal family members in London, Ont., killed in truck attack June 6, 2021 Warning: This story contains distressing details. For hours, Nathaniel Veltman paces back and forth in his tiny jail cell at London, Ont., police headquarters, sometimes sitting or lying down, following his arrest the evening of June 6, 2021. This footage of the accused in custody is from lengthy police video shown to the jury Thursday at his murder-terror trial in Ontario Superior Court in Windsor, in connection with the attack on a Muslim family. At 9:47Read more
Jury at murder-terror trial sees video of truck that struck Muslim family in London, Ont.
The Afzaals a ‘peace-loving’ family, says witness at Nathaniel Veltman’s trial in Windsor Warning: This story contains distressing details: Data from a Dodge Ram pickup truck driven by Nathaniel Veltman on the day in 2021 that members of a London, Ont., Muslim family were struck shows him veering to the right five seconds before impact, his gas pedal 100 per cent compressed, court heard Monday. On the first day of testimony at the 22-year-old’s murder trial in Windsor, Crown prosecutors called three witnesses and laid out the evidence they’ll present to theRead more