Competing story, same case:
The judge will hold a hearing on a motion by CNN and media organizations to unseal the names and addresses of jurors as well as other parts of the trial that are currently secret.Is it usual for the court to consider making the names and addresses of jurors known to the press while the jury is still deliberating? Have I missed this feature of our legal system?
“A thirsty press is essential in a free country,” the Judge said in announcing the hearing.
UPDATE: Judge denies motion.
The judge in Paul Manafort’s fraud trial said Friday he has received threats over the case. U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III made the comments as the jury deliberated for the second day, and as he rejected a motion to release information about the jurors. He said he's confident the jurors would be threatened as well if their information was public.
Ellis said that because of the threats against him, he travels with U.S. Marshals.
“The Marshals go where I go,” Ellis said.
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OK, but who is making the threats? Trumpists? or Hillaryists? Or maybe DeepStatists of both parties?
That wasn’t stated, but I figure it’s mostly from the left. There are a lot more people who hate Trump and want to punish everyone connected to him than who love Paul Manafort or Trump enough to risk jail by threatening a judge.
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