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As many as three donors to Hillary Clinton’s past presidential campaigns are members of the jury in the trial of former Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann in Washington, D.C., who faces the sole charge of lying to the FBI. Prosecutors working with Special Counsel John H. Durham content that Sussmann concealed his work for the campaign when passing along information to the FBI about an alleged link between then-candidate Donald Trump and Russia, via Alfa Bank.

Jury Box in Judge Bruce Schroeder’s Courtroom(Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye) A woman over 50 who served as a juror in the Kyle Rittenhouse case spoke exclusively to Kenosha County Eye Monday night. We will call her Kimberly. Kimberly came across as genuine and kind. She kept all of her answers to our questions very positive. Kimberly told KCE many times times how proud she was of her fellow jurors. “I am very proud of our work. Justice prevailed.”“Judge Schroeder told us to put away everything we’ve heard and read about the case and decide only based on...

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin lost her libel lawsuit against The New York Times on Tuesday when a jury rejected her claim that the newspaper maliciously damaged her reputation by erroneously linking her campaign rhetoric to a mass shooting. A judge had already declared that if the jury sided with Palin, he would set aside its verdict on the grounds that she hadn’t proven the paper acted maliciously, something required in libel suits involving public figures. Palin, a onetime Republican vice presidential nominee, sued the newspaper in 2017 claiming it had damaged her career as a...

former girlfriend of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) testified before a federal grand jury on Wednesday as part of a sex crimes investigation into the congressman, according to NBC News. The House Republican is reportedly being investigated for several possible crimes, including obstruction of justice, the sex trafficking of a minor and violating the Mann Act, a federal law barring the transportation of prostitutes between states or countries, legal sources familiar with the investigation told the network.

A black man in Tennessee will get a new trial after being convicted by an all-white jury who deliberated in a room adorned with Confederate symbols. Tim Gilbert, who was sentenced to six years in prison in 2020 for aggravated assault and other charges stemming from a December 2018 dispute, was granted a new trial Friday by the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals. An attorney for Gilbert argued his right to a fair trial was violated because the jury deliberated in a room at the Giles County courthouse with an antique Confederate flag and a portrait of Confederate President Jefferson...

One of the most breathtaking twists during the high-drama trial of Kyle Rittenhouse was the moment that Judge Schroeder banned NBC from the courthouse after one of their journalists got caught running a red light while stalking the jury bus. “Last evening, a person who identified himself as James Morrison and claimed he was a producer for NBC News…and under the supervision of someone named Irene Byon in New York…he was following at a distance and went through a red light,” said Schroeder. “He stated he had been instructed to by Ms. Byon to follow the jury bus.” The judge...

National Urban League CEO Marc Morial said Thursday on MSNBC that the jury in the Kyle Rittenhouse case sent a message of sanctioning “vigilanteism.” Rittenhouse was acquitted of murder and other charges after he shot and killed two men and injured a third during a Black Lives Matter protest last year in Kenosha, WI.

Jurors in the Ahmaud Arbery slay case started deliberating Tuesday over the fate of the three white men accused of killing the black unarmed jogger in Georgia last year. Gregory McMichael, 65, his son Travis McMichael, 35, and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan, 52, are charged with murder, aggravated assault and other crimes in the shooting death of Arbery, 25, who they suspected was fleeing a burglary as he ran through their neighborhood near Brunswick. Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley told the jurors Tuesday, “It is your duty to consider the facts objectively without favor, affection, or sympathy to anyone.”...

Network producer caught tailing jury bus, taken into custody udge Bruce Schroeder banned MSNBC journalists from the courthouse during the Kyle Rittenhouse trial after a network producer was taken into police custody for "trying to photograph jurors." The Kenosha Police Department announced Thursday morning that it arrested James J. Morrison, who said he is a producer employed by MSNBC News, for running a red light while tailing the jury's bus Wednesday night. Schroeder said MSNBC will no longer be allowed in the courthouse and that the act was "a very serious matter." This was apparently the second day in a...

KENOSHA, WI—As deliberations continue in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, concerns have been raised about the jurors' safety as an MSNBC reporter was spotted hanging a sign on their hotel reading "THE JURORS ARE HERE". The jury had indicated they were a little bit concerned as they saw the van tailing them and alerted authorities, but by the time they got there, the journalist had already hung the sign telling everyone where they were. "This is a little worrying," said one juror as she got off the bus and saw the sign being hung outside their hotel room as they continued...

As we reported earlier, the jury in the Rittenhouse trial had questions about being able to review video evidence.That prompted a discussion of the drone video, which was part of a motion of mistrial with prejudice made by the defense. The defense argued that they hadn’t gotten a clearer, higher definition version of the drone video until Saturday, after the close of evidence. They argued in their motion to the court that the prosecution had sent them a compressed version and withheld the clearer version.Their position was that constituted withholding evidence and prosecutorial misconduct. This was in addition to the...

The jury at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial will be allowed to review some of the video in the Kenosha shootings, after their request on the second day of deliberations Wednesday triggered debate between the judge and opposing attorneys over how to accommodate the request. The judge, meanwhile, expressed irritation over the media's coverage and legal experts’ commentary on some of his decisions, saying he would “think long and hard” about allowing televised trials in the future. Jurors were weighing charges against Rittenhouse for a second day after they failed to reach a swift verdict Tuesday on whether he was the...

The jury in Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial asked for extra copies of jury instructions, including pages that offer instructions on self-defense, CNN reported. *** SNIP *** The charges include first-degree reckless homicide, first-degree intentional homicide, attempted first-degree intentional homicide, and two counts of reckless endangerment. Rittenhouse, now 18-years-old, pleaded not guilty to all of the charges, claiming self-defense in all three cases. The judge gave the jury 11 additional copies of pages 1-6 of the jury instructions, according to CNN. Of those six pages, two outline self-defense instructions, CNN reported. One page focuses on "crimes requiring intent to kill" and...

As the Kyle Rittenhouse jury deliberates his fate, a small crowd is forming outside the courthouse.Roughly two dozen people have been milling around the courthouse, half of whom appear to be supporting Rittenhouse and half of whom clearly are not.There’s a mix of pro and anti-Rittenhouse protesters outside the Kenosha County Courthouse today as we wait for a verdict.There’s a few men who are wearing this hat:pic.twitter.com/0Lyss86rXN— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) November 16, 2021Some arguments have taken place between the two groups throughout the day.Tensions rising in front of the courthouse where Rittenhouse trial jurors are deliberating. pic.twitter.com/ruFBjBMMwI— LΞIGH (@LeighStewy) November...

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Major update: The judge in the Rittenhouse case has just informed the media, “I think the jury is going to retire for the evening.” The twelve jurors in the Kyle Rittenhouse case are in deliberations after a tense court trial that has national ramifications. The prosecution has botched a weak case that alleges Rittenhouse is guilty of killing two men and injuring a third man during a Black Lives Matter riot in Kenosha, Wisconsin in August 2020. Rittenhouse’s defense maintains he acted in self-defense. Although all of Rittenhouse’s victims were white,all of them had serious criminal records, and they were...

Kenosha County Judge Bruce Schroeder instructed the jury this week that they must make its decision on its own, without interference from anywhere — including Joe Biden and others. The jury began deliberations on Tuesday morning, but not before Schroeder gave them a solid piece of advice. “You will pay no heed to the opinions of anyone — even the president of the United States or the president before him,” Schroeder said.Rittenhouse’s defense team filed a motion with Schroeder to have his case dismissed over allegations of prosecutorial misconduct. “The state has repeatedly violated instructions from the Court, acted in...

Jurors are set to begin deliberations at Kenosha gunman Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial Tuesday — deciding if the teen either walks or potentially gets as much as a mandatory life sentence. The 12-member jury will get to decide on five felony charges with sentences ranging from 12-1/2 years behind bars to life, with two also punishable by up to 60 years in prison. During closing arguments Monday, prosecutors called Rittenhouse — who was only 17 at the time — a “wannabe soldier” who walked off like a “hero in a Western” after killing two men and wounding a third.

KENOSHA, Wisc. — Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge Bruce Schroeder revealed at the start of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial that someone had filmed the jury at their bus pickup on Tuesday morning. He assured the jurors the video was deleted and more steps will be taken to protect them."At pickup, there was someone there and video recording the jury, which officers approached the person and required [them]...to delete the video and return the phone to him. I've instructed that if it happens again, they are to take the phone and bring it here," Schroeder said. ( See Video Link in...

One of the 20 jurors empaneled to hear the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial has been removed from the jury for telling a tacky joke to a bailiff.The issue surrounding the dismissal of the juror came up at the end of Wednesday’s testimony, but it was made official on Thursday.According to Deputy DA Thomas Binger, the juror was dismissed for a joke about Jacob Blake, the man whose shooting by police sparked the Kenosha riots.NPR reported, “It was my understanding it was something along the lines of, ‘Why did the Kenosha police shoot Jacob Blake seven times?’ said prosecutor Thomas Binger....