He's at it again (Jesse Watters)

[demmiblue]

Link to tweet

[senseandsensibility]

1. Only a freak like him would think that "No one is above the law"

is disqualifying for a juror. But they are trying to train the cult that that is a bad attitude.

[Drum]

2. Actually, that title is shared by one in the NYTimes...

VERY disappointing!
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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/nyregion/trump-trial-jury-hush-money.html?unlocked_article_code=1.lk0.Vh7a.E-Ct4IW0Izz7&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&ugrp=u&sgrp=c-cb

Meet The 12 Manhattan Jurors Who Will Decide Donald J. Trump’s Fate
The cross section of New Yorkers emerged after three days of questioning. These are the citizens who will judge their former president.

Twelve Manhattanites have been chosen to serve on the jury for the first criminal trial of a U.S. president.

The judge ordered that the jurors’ identities be kept confidential during the trial and that reporters withhold some information that could identify them.

According to their statements in court during three days of jury selection, here is what we know about the jurors:

Juror 1, who will be the foreman, works in sales and lives in West Harlem. He said that he enjoys outdoor activities. He said he gets his news from The New York Times and watches Fox News and MSNBC. He said he had heard about some of former President Donald J. Trump’s other criminal cases, but he did not have an opinion about him.

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(…and on and on)

[onenote]

6. And NBC, CBS, the Guardian, USA Today.

None of them are naming the juror's employer or place of employment, but they are giving other information about each juror. I don't watch FoxNews, so I don't know whether Watters is giving out that information which no longer is part of the public record.

[kimbutgar]

3. So if one of these jurors gets murdered by a magaloon will Waters and the NYT be accessories to the murder??

This is so insane!

[onenote]

7. No.

[Mark.b2]

4. Judge Merchan should have law enforcement waiting in his dressing room...

When he comes off the air.

I'm not worried about his influence on the jury, though. But still, Merchan should make an example.

[onenote]

8. I don't watch Fox News. Did Watters provide information about the jurors' employer and place of employment?

That information has been removed from the public record and the judge has instructed that it shouldn't be disclosed. But beyond that, and the actual names of the jurors, there is no legal bar on the reporting of information about the jurors disclosed in open court and Watters is not the only one reporting information about the jurors, such as the type of work they do, their neighborhood, etc.

And the reporting of such information is protected by the Constitution according to a unanimous Supreme Court decision.

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5. O'Reilly' watterboy n/t