[Capt. Tom]

At the beginning of jury selection, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson, an Obama appointee, said that she would not remove potential jurors solely on the basis that they work for the federal government or because of their views of Trump.

That would leave it up to Stone's lawyer to challenge those jurors. - Tom

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

That would leave it up to Stone's lawyer to challenge those jurors. - Tom

So the Stone team was hoping to get the judge to strike the anti-Trump bureaucrat without using up one of "their" strikes.