The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial ordered the media on Thursday not to report on where potential jurors have worked and to be careful about revealing information about those who will sit in judgment of the former president.
Judge Juan Merchan acted after one juror was dismissed when she expressed concerns about participating in the trial after details about her became publicly known.
The names of the jurors are supposed to be a secret, but the dismissed juror told Merchan she had friends, colleagues and family members contacting her to ask whether she was on the case. “I don’t believe at this point I can be fair and unbiased and let the outside influences not affect my decision-making in the courtroom,” she said.
Merchan then directed journalists present in the courthouse not to report it when potential jurors told the court their specific workplaces, past or present. That put journalists in the difficult position of not reporting something they heard in open court.
Idk if they had more money than what Murdoch has but regardless, $900M in damages, just from Fox. Yea, the rest took notice and Fox, y’know, were all indignant at first, then remembered real life has real consequences, a billion dollars of them, aaaaand uhp…uhp…uhp…started sitting straight up again.
Well, as straight as they can with their heads so far up the kleptocracies asses.