Manafort Jury

Has the jury been sequestered? There is now a report that a jury member may have read a newspaper or seen/listened to a report about the trial. If the jury is not sequestered, then they return home at night. FFS; they live in the greater DC area; can they realistically be expected to go home and go to bed.....?

Rexedgar said:

Has the jury been sequestered? There is now a report that a jury member may have read a newspaper or seen/listened to a report about the trial. If the jury is not sequestered, then they return home at night. FFS; they live in the greater DC area; can they realistically be expected to go home and go to bed.....?

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What exactly do you imagine "greater DC area" residents might hear about the trial -- about the evidence presented in the trial, bearing in mind that Manafort presented no evidence at all -- that they (1) didn't hear firsthand in the trial or (2) haven't already heard before the trial?

It's not as though the Manafort matter hasn't been literally all over every news outlet in the whole country? One'd have to all but have lived in a cave or under a rock to not know and not have heard all about it.

Xelor said:

What exactly do you imagine "greater DC area" residents might hear about the trial -- about the evidence presented in the trial, bearing in mind that Manafort presented no evidence at all -- that they (1) didn't hear firsthand in the trial or (2) haven't already heard before the trial?

It's not as though the Manafort matter hasn't been literally all over every news outlet in the whole country? One'd have to all but have lived in a cave or under a rock to not know and not have heard all about it.

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What they will hear is the drivel from the talking potato heads who will be doing their best to tell the jurors what to think.

From what I heard from inside the courtroom, they were instructed to avoid all news and internet, and conversations about any of this. Each day the judge would ask them if they had, reminded them.
That's it. No sequestering.

Mach said:

From what I heard from inside the courtroom, they were instructed to avoid all news and internet, and conversations about any of this. Each day the judge would ask them if they had, reminded them.
That's it. No sequestering.

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Kinda like the “honor system” regarding electronics in the Situation Room?

Rexedgar said:

Has the jury been sequestered? There is now a report that a jury member may have read a newspaper or seen/listened to a report about the trial. If the jury is not sequestered, then they return home at night. FFS; they live in the greater DC area; can they realistically be expected to go home and go to bed.....?

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Red:
They live not in any and every part of the "greater DC area," but in the state of Virginia. There are no Marylanders or Washingtonians on the jury.

Mach said:

From what I heard from inside the courtroom, they were instructed to avoid all news and internet, and conversations about any of this. Each day the judge would ask them if they had, reminded them.
That's it. No sequestering.

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That would, to the best of my knowledge, be standard practice.

Lutherf said:

That would, to the best of my knowledge, be standard practice.

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He asked if sequestered. I responded no, and described their instructions they received.

Sequestration is indeed rare. However in high profile cases where political propaganda is running 24/7 to discredit it or muddy the water, it may be deemed appropriate. How effective it would be is also questionable. I haven't seen too much news defending Manafort personally, not sure why it would be needed there. The Judge tainted it more than the news has IMO, with his antics.

I wonder if the next round of American's indicted will prompt a judge to do full sequestration, because without a doubt the case to discredit the "prosecution" is being made daily in public by the "defense.". It may be nearly impossible to get an untainted jury at this point. Maybe ship in some Amish folk?

Rexedgar said:

Kinda like the “honor system” regarding electronics in the Situation Room?

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Look, you have to have priorities.

Trump made everyone sign NDAs to make it illegal for them disparage him. That's priority #1.
As far as electronics that can compromised national security, he doesn't give a **** about that. Not even sure he full understands it. Totally cool with that, as long as it doesn't violate #1, disparaging Trump.

Mycroft said:

What they will hear is the drivel from the talking potato heads who will be doing their best to tell the jurors what to think.

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For the most part, today's American jury is just a rubber stamp for the prosecution. It will be interesting to see what happens. I'm surprised the defense offered nothing at all.