Trump juror quits over fear of being outed after Fox News host says she should scare Trump ( www.salon.com )

Those calls came after numerous media outlets reported potentially identifying biographical information about the woman, including her job and the neighborhood she called home. Fox News Jesse Watters highlighted the juror's details while reading through public pool notes about the selected members. "This nurse scares me if I'm Trump," Watters said.

ATDA ,

Can we complain to the FCC or something? This is crazy...

melpomenesclevage ,

dude, the law will never be on the side of justice. look at the past decade, tell me I'm wrong.

Makeitstop ,

Watters has alleged without evidence that "liberal activists" are lying to get on the jury, a claim that Trump himself has repeated on Truth Social, potentially violating a gag order.

It's like they saw Trump, Giuliani and Alex Jones all get absolutely fucked in court for defamation, contemplated their own settlement with Dominion and the 2.7 billion dollar lawsuit pending from Smartmatic, and said to themselves "now seems like a good time to endanger innocent people by spewing inflammatory bullshit."

Not that I expect them to learn a lesson if they aren't bankrupted or actually sent to prison.

dirthawker0 ,

They already had the idea to do it themselves.

Sam_Bass ,

Insane

nucleative ,

Does this kind of jury tampering increase the risk of a mistrial?

unreasonabro ,

It's like a totally lawless country already, the laws exist but don't matter/aren't enforced, your police are all too busy hiding their own crimes to actually do any real police work (and they don't know how any more anyway), and the news, mortally terrified by their own financial situation, increasingly cross lines that'd have been suicide even ten years ago.

I wish you fucks would get serious. Some of us Canadians are talking about burning down your white house again. (And yes, it was us - we don't draw a hard line between us and the empire that delivered us here, on account of having ended the relationship like grownups and not with the stupid, arrogant violence that still infects your society today)

Maggoty ,

Holy shit did Fox News just intimidate a juror in a high profile trial?

Edit - just got to this bit

Other outlets including NBC News, CNN, CBS News, and ABC News also publicized details about the juror, including additional identifying information.

What the fuck? How is this even in the public domain?

TwoBeeSan ,

I walked by a tv at work today on CNN.

They were literally discussing the profession and reading habits of a juror.

Big ass question mark greyed out female, and a host making the biggest deal over the fact a juror reads NYT.

It's fucking scary I'd drop the fuck out too. These piranhas are gonna oust any information about you for views. The news is beyond a joke, completely agree with you, how this is public domain and tolerated is more telling to our status as a nation.

Hobbes_Dent ,

This is going to be the delay he wants if the US media goes full OJ here. Which they likely will - some to benefit Trump, all for the views. Juror protection be damned.

CptEnder ,

Yeah it's pretty crazy even MSNBC was covering some of their details yesterday, but tried to scale it back today. The reality is this info is being put out on the wires to all press agencies. The real one to blame it the judge for not locking down the procedures or how and what the lawyers can ask.

roguetrick ,

We're in the age of facial recognition, you don't even need to hire a PI to identify jurors. These cases are going to get someone killed even without the goddamn media acting like idiots.

FiniteBanjo ,

I'd write back to every death threat, informing them of my ready and willingness to do honourable combat, but I do not blame anybody for dropping out under duress.

melpomenesclevage ,

the state will never be an instrument of justice

melpomenesclevage ,

how is this even public

can't imagine. anyway...

cumskin_genocide ,

Based gangster

hperrin ,

Using terrorism to protect a criminal (again). The Republican Party cannot possibly be redeemed.

Neato ,
@Neato@ttrpg.network avatar

If the courts don't immediately arrest and charge this person with juror intimidation/tampering then it's all over. The fascist mob will figure out who the jurors are and threaten their families en masse because there will be no consequences.

Burn_The_Right ,

Conservatives will do more than threaten. They are all bloodthirsty pieces of shit.

melpomenesclevage ,

and they won't.

gravitas_deficiency ,

I would be fucking THRILLED if the judge puts a universal gag order on publication of ANY juror details.

chiliedogg ,

I'm not usually a fan of jailing the press, but the judge should ABSOLUTELY put out a warrant in this case.

Jury intimidation cannot be tolerated in the slightest.

TheBat ,
@TheBat@lemmy.world avatar

Good thing Faux isn't part of press or journalism.

It's a ragebait.

chiliedogg ,

While Fox did it, they weren't the only one that was giving out jury details.

Jail them all as far as I'm concerned. They all knew they were sending a mob after anyone that could be identified.

just_another_person ,

So 90% of a jury of his peers fucking hate him, and will conclude he did the crime. Oh my God, sounds like he's going to jail. You really need to keep churning the group until you find the select few who think he's innocent of a crime? The obviousness says something.

And, no, haters, this is not what jury selection looks like. 10 years as a trial lawyer, and never ONCE were any of my selections broadcast on TV. This shit should illegal.

Maggoty ,

I'm just a middle aged white guy and I know this isn't normal because it's never happened in my life unless the news is talking about jury tampering that already happened.

penquin ,
@penquin@lemm.ee avatar

This Watters dude is so smug. I hate his guts. His existence bothers me.

jkrtn ,

That's why they got him. They want a smug asshole who will make people angry.

dream_weasel ,

Looks like Republican news host Ross from friends

penquin ,
@penquin@lemm.ee avatar

That's an insult to Ross.

Rapidcreek ,

I can't help but contemplate that jurors are concerned about being publicly identified in a case involving a former president. Typically, you would only see that happen in a case involving violent organized crime.

geekworking ,

Violent organized crime

Yeah, like Jan 6th

HubertManne ,
@HubertManne@kbin.social avatar

you can quit a jury???

PeepinGoodArgs ,

Probably not without cause. And if the cause is potential threats to your life, then yeah, probably.

geekworking ,

Not really. The judge has to excuse you, so you need to have a reason that the judge accepts.

Getting outted by the media in a case where any know jurors will certainly get threatened and possibly harmed is a pretty good reason.

TipRing ,

I wonder why they don't just clear the courtroom of reporters during juror selection and let them back in for the actual trial.

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