I have just arrived to federal court with Roger Stone and Judge Jackson Roger is fighting for a new trial based on credible evidence of a tainted jury Updates to follow
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We’re getting into the jury questionnaires now
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The hearing on the Roger Stone jury has the DOJ at a disadvantage because the prosectors who conducted jury selection have already resigned from the case
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Judge Jackson now covering social media ‘tweets on a particular twitter handle’ made by one juror that are now well-known
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Judge Jackson just put Michael Marando on the stand, he was one of the original Roger Stone prosecutors who resigned from the case He is now answering questions about the handling of jury questionnaires
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Judge Jackson appears to be hunting a leak of the jury information
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Stone defense team says they did not ‘Google’ the jurors
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Judge Jackson is pushing back hard on Roger Stone defense, arguing that the forewoman did not technically lie to the court, despite numerous anti-Trump and Stone social media posts
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Roger Stone lawyer pointing out forewoman posted numerous times that ‘Trump supporters are racists.’ Judge Jackson does not seem persuaded that this shows bias
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BREAKING: Roger Stone jury forewoman admitted to the court that she had opinions about Trump and Trump associates
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Roger Stone’s lawyers are now going through the forewoman’s tweets one by one, explaining how they show her bias against Trump and Stone, and explaining that she misled the court in order to be placed on the jury
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Judge Jackson argues that since the jury forewoman said she had opinions about Trump then it doesn’t mean she mislead the court
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Getting testy now, Judge Jackson snapping at Roger Stone lawyer
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No video in media room but it sounds like Judge Jackson is hitting her hand on the podium now while arguing against Stone lawyer
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Judge is getting sarcastic with Stone lawyer now, using mocking tone to argue against his concerns of bias
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Judge Jackson will not rule on jury forewoman anti-Trump and Stone social media posts today
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Judge Jackson is now reading the words of Roger Stone jury complaint in a mocking tone
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Stone lawyers argue that since the forewoman accessed Twitter during the case there should be a hearing to see if she obtained information from outside the court Judge says there are no facts of this and will begin to question the jurors, starting with 2 other than forewoman
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@joshgerstein@dsamuelsohn and@MMineiro_CNS who are running excellent live threads on the case I will have full report up for@OANNShow this thread
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