Posted on 08/17/2018 1:19:22 PM PDT by ColdOne
A coalition of news outlets, including CNN, The New York Times, BuzzFeed and The Washington Post, want the federal judge presiding over the Paul Manafort trial to unseal the names and addresses of the jurors deliberating on the case.
The judge, T.S. Ellis III, agreed to hear arguments about the disclosure during a hearing scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday.
“A thirsty press is essential to a free county,” Ellis said in court when addressing the media companies’ motion. He also urged the news outlets, which are being represented by the firm Ballard Spahr, to appeal his decision should he rule against publicizing the jury’s information.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
Sound like suspicion of tempering jurors
Enough of this evil Sh*t Show. Shut it down.
so they can destroy them ?
Wouldn’t it be delicious if Trump issued a pardon before the verdict and used this motion by these bloodthirsty media outlets as his reason?.
He could issue a statement that he “did it to protect the lives of the jurors from a bloodthirsty media bent on destroying the lives of innocent jurors who might find Manifort not guilty”.
If the judge releases those names, he will open the jurors - and their families/friends - to relentless politics of personal destruction, harassment, and danger.
There are just some things the media does not NEED TO KNOW. The only thing they need to know about the jury is whether they deliver “guilty”, or “not guilty” in the courtroom.
That’s it.
Jurors are damn fortunate to have Judge T.S. Ellis III, because he will protect them.
No way will he release their names to the vultures
.
The #FakeNews press is trying to intimidate the jurors.
Sounds like enemies of the people to me.
Sounds like Fox is defending these jackals.
A real justice system would smack these on jury-tampering charges. But we don’t have that anymore.
Judge rejects CNN-Buzzfeed requests for Manafort Trial’s juror names.
Link: https://www.breitbart.com/news/manafort-judge-says-hes-received-threats-wont-name-jurors/
“A thirsty press is essential to a free county,”
It seems to me an honest and impartial press might also be part of that requirement.
It is unheard of to release the names and addresses of Jurors
BEFORE verdicts are rendered.
CNN knew the judge would not allow this.
But CNN also knows that word will get back
to jurors about their request, as these jurors
are not sequestered and go home every night.
CNN and other fake news are trying to intimidate
the jurors into rendering guilty verdicts.
Vote guilty or else.
Jury tampering.
This seems to be a standard tax evasion case. They happen everyday. The media is acting like this is the trial of the century.
Gotta feed them into the grist mill of Leftist outrage.
These ‘columnists’ are of the Fifth variety.
Of course. Fux News has swung wildly to the left.
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