Posted on 12/01/2021 7:13:03 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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 then banned the network from the courthouse. “No one from NBC News will be permitted in this building for the duration of this trial,” he ordered. “It’s an extremely serious matter and will be referred to the authorities for further action.”
New bodycam footage from the traffic stop reveals that James Morrison wasn’t the only NBC journalist instructed to follow the jury. Byon admitted to police that she had people all over the courtroom positioned strategically to gather intel on jurors. In the video, Kenosha police are seen calling Byon on Morrison’s phone and discussing the situation with her on speakerphone. Byon stuttered and stammered and tried to explain what her freelancer was doing.
The Rittenhouse jury was under extreme stress and pressure. Earlier in the trial, the judge had revealed that an unknown person had been taking pictures of the jury and threatening to dox them. The camera was confiscated.
“Your office told you to follow this vehicle?” the officer asked Morrison. He replied, “Yes. I mean, it was discreet. I wasn’t going to talk to anybody or anything. Just trying to find a location, that’s all.” The officer then got Byon on the phone.
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
My name is Irene and I’m a booking producer with NBC News. We were just trying to respectfully, um, to just see if it’s, um, if it’s possible to, um, find any leads about, um, about the, the case and we were just, um, uh, keeping our distance just to see where, um, people involved in the trial are positioned, um. By no means were we trying to get in contact with any of the jury members or anyone who was in the car we just were, um, just trying to see where, um, where key members of the trial may be at.
Then she dropped a bombshell. Morrison wasn’t the only NBC minion stalking jurors. “We just had our people positioned in different areas, um, of the courthouse, um, to see if anyone, like, would be able to, um, in different areas, and um, we were just like following different…” Then she trailed off.
This is Irene Byon, the NBC news producer who asked James Jim Morrison, to follow the Jury in the Kyle Rittenhouse case. She has deleted all of her social media accounts since being named.
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— Benjamin Ghazi (@BenjaminGhazi8) November 22, 2021
Americans need to realize, mainstream media are not just biased reporters and the certainly aren’t neutral.
They are controlled political agents - part state-run media, part paid political activists.
NBC producers should be heavily penalized.
Big financial penalty.
Jail time.
Contempt of court at best and Jury tampering at worst. If any of those people were in the court, the judge should have them arrested.
Amazing how the rats run from the spotlight.
Sad thing is if this one junior-journalist had gotten to one single jury member and gotten a single intimidating question across, with an answer....the whole case could have been halted, then cancelled, and redone again.
Journalist should have been arrested, and fined at least $100k for potential damage to the case.
Jury Tampering and Conspiracy
She could have caused a mistrial all on her own.
Maybe that was their plan once they saw how poorly the case was going for the prosecutor.
I realize products accusers have some kind of total immunity but they cannot lie to a judge. Is this Guy facing any legal action ?
NBC producers should be heavily penalized.
Big financial penalty.
Jail time.
NBC = Comcast. Red cites/states need to be ripping those comcast cables out of the ground and terminating contracts with them. This is a war and only one side is fighting.
She should be charged with jury tampering.
The media thinks they are the only ones to decide the outcome of a trial.
The media thinks they are the only ones to decide the outcome of a trial.
In cases they care about, they are often successful.
Not good for the innocent.
I'm surprised CNN didn't have one of their fake journalists staking out every juror's home.
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