# Trump's trial in NY for business fraud--why is there no jury?

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**Created:** [October 2, 2023, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-trial-in-ny-for-business-fraud-why-is-there-no-jury/990999 "2023-10-02T11:40:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-trial-in-ny-for-business-fraud-why-is-there-no-jury/990999/10 "2023-10-02T13:32:06Z")

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> [@ASL\_v2.0](#):
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> He is also being represented by at least one other attorney in the civil fraud case, Christopher M. Kise. So, lawyers.

[Habba](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alina_Habba#Work_as_Trump_attorney) evidently is the one responsible for the lack of jury trial, though.

> [@A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1862):
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> Trump attorney Alina Habba forgot to request a jury trial in the New York fraud case, so now it will be decided by the judge.

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