Former President Donald Trump’s 34-count conviction for felony falsification of business records in New York was briefly thrown into confusion on Friday, following Judge Juan Merchan’s disclosure to both legal parties of a that appeared to assert it had inside knowledge of the jury verdict around the time it was handed down — which, if it could be established as proof that a juror leaked information to someone outside, could be grounds for throwing out the verdict. But no sooner did that report drop than legal observers and political commentators began speculating that the whole thing looked l…