| In Trump Trial 2 of 7
Jurors Excused and Press Told Not
to Report on Accents Perhaps
Politics
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
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CENTRE ST
COURT,
April 18 – Day three of the
Trump trial's jury selection
began with seven jurors having
been sworn in. But by the
lunch break, two of the seven
had been removed: one due to
concerns about identified as
being on the jury, the other
based on research by the
Manhattan DA's office.
Citing the juror's stated
concern about being
identified, Justice Merchan
told or asked the press not to
report the name of juror's
current or past employers nor,
in his example, if they have a
strong Irish (or presumably
other) accent.
To Inner
City Press, this is far too
vague. The idea is that the
judge does not want any
reporting that could identify
a prospective juror, even if
it is said in open
court.
So when
late morning a juror said his
father was good friends with a
major politician in his home
state, naming both, could or
should that be reported? Isn't
that exactly the type of
possible political bias that
not only the lawyers on the
case, but the public, should
know about?
Inner City
Press is forced to keep two
sets of (note) books. We will
have more on this.
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