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- Could a jury acquit Trump even if they know he's guilty?
- That's what prosecutors charging him in his election interference case suggested.
- Prosecutors asked the DC judge to bar Trump from bringing politics into the courtroom.
Prosecutors charging former President Donald Trump in his election interference case raised the specter of "jury nullification" — the idea the jury could determine Trump was guilty but acquit him anyway — in a new legal filing.
Special Counsel Jack Smith urged the DC judge overseeing Trump's criminal trial to bar the former president from bringing up politics in the courtroom.