CNN Accused of Intimidating Paul Manafort Jury

[Madmallard]

CNN is being accused of attempting to intimidate the Paul Manafort jury after the far-left cable channel (and six other anti-Trump outlets) requested the jurors’ names and home addresses.
Manafort, who worked for a short time as President Trump’s campaign chairman during the 2016 presidential election, has been charged by special counsel Robert Mueller with various financial crimes, none of which have anything to do with Trump or the campaign.

CNN Accused of Intimidating Paul Manafort Jury

 

[masterswimmer]

T.S. Elliott has taken charge of this trial. Manafort couldn't have asked for a better judge to preside.

Elliott should ask each juror if they exercise their 2A rights or would like to.

 

[Squirrel512]

This is clearly an attempt to tamper with the jury, by using the left's favorite weapon of "comply with the far left agenda, or we will of we will have antifa-like groups harass and assault you whenever they see you in public, as well as make noise outside if your home and deface or destroy your property".

That is the only reason for wanting that information during this stage of the case, to have doxxing be the outcome if they do not convict.

 

[Deplorable Me]

This is clearly an attempt to tamper with the jury, by using the left's favorite weapon of "comply with the far left agenda, or we will of we will have antifa-like groups harass and assault you whenever they see you in public, as well as make noise outside if your home and deface or destroy your property".

That is the only reason for wanting that information during this stage of the case, to have doxxing be the outcome if they do not convict.

Please put me on that jury. Please release my name.

 

[Squirrel512]

It is not being negative, it is the only outcome that happens when information like that gets published. You always end up with a group of violent people who will take steps to use violence to enforce their agenda. e.g., look at antifa. Simply knowing the location of someone who may not support their agenda, leads those people to be violently confronted by them. Furthermore given past events when CNN has doxxed people, the outcomes were never good for those people.

It doesn't matter what someone's political views are, the legal process should never by swayed by violent people on either side. The moment anyone compromises on the legal system in pursuit of a political agenda, is the moment the system loses even more of its credibility and value.

Another way to think about it is, is there any chance for a 100% positive (with no negatives) for the jury, if the media were to get a hold of and likely leak their details to the public? I personally believe that it will only be negative for them, and such actions will harm the justice system, especially when it comes to getting an impartial jury in the future.