Manafort juror: One juror prevented jury from convicting Manafort on all 18 counts

The Hill ^ | 08/22/18 | Tal Axelrod

[yesthatjallen]

A juror who sat on former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's case said on Fox News Wednesday night that only one juror prevented a ruling on all 18 counts against Manafort.

Paula Duncan, who said she is a Trump supporter and that she had hoped Manafort would not be found guilty, said one juror could not come to a guilty verdict on 10 charges, ultimately leading T.S. Ellis III to declare a mistrial on 10 of Manafort's 18 counts.

Duncan said the deliberations were heated, evening bringing some jurors to tears.

A jury convicted Manafort on Tuesday of eight counts of tax and bank fraud.

President Trump pointed to the mistrial as evidence he was being improperly targeted by special counsel Robert Mueller.

“A large number of counts, ten, could not even be decided in the Paul Manafort case. Witch Hunt!” he tweeted Wednesday morning.

[Innovative]

Good juror.

At least there was one decent juror who focused on evidence, not politics.

[Rurudyne]

Looks like someone wasn’t afraid of retaliation by the Left.

[ConservativeMind]

I want her on my future jury, should I ever need one.

[cynwoody]

Fox has a better article.

[Mears]

She was just on Fox-——Shannon Bream’s show.

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[11th_VA]

Arlington VA Jury - lucky you had One conservative ...

[DesertRhino]

I cannot imagine anything more fun than knowing I am in the right, and having 11 moron people angry at me...but reduced only to begging and pleading, expecting they can cajole me into submission.

That sends me to my happy place.

[plain talk]

Yet that one “good” juror still found him guilty on 8 counts. Thanks for nuttin’.

[montag813]

So now “one juror away” will mean “majority-convicted on all 18 counts” in the media narrative

[BobL]

I expect the Dems to soon take him out...that’s how they operate now.

[BobL]

Correction - HER!

[DesertRhino]

That juror was a glittering jewel of ignorance. People like her are simpletons chosen for being easily molded.

[hole_n_one]

I want her on my future jury, should I ever need one.

Why do you think it is a female juror?

[Glad2bnuts]

Isn’t that a tacit admission that the other jurors were never Trumpers or worse?

[Mears]

I guess she’s female because her name is Paula.

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[Blue Jays]

"...Manafort trial..."

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The cooler move would have been to be completely unyielding and hang the jury on all counts.
Then fade into complete obscurity without ever giving an interview.

[Blue House Sue]

[hole_n_one]

The juror named Paula is not the juror that hung on the 10 counts....Paula voted guilty on all 18.

[El Cid]

I guess she’s female because her name is Paula.

Paula was the juror who ratted out the juror who refused to be budged/intimidated on ten of the charges.