Fox News host Jesse Watters on Tuesday broadcast extensive biographical details about Juror No. 2 -- her neighborhood,

[demmiblue]

Fox News host Jesse Watters on Tuesday broadcast extensive biographical details about Juror No. 2 -- her neighborhood, occupation, education, marital and family status, and what industry her fiance works in.

He concluded by saying, "I'm not so sure about Juror No. 2."

He claimed last night that "undercover liberal activists" are trying to get on the jury -- comments Trump promoted.

That juror has now asked to be excused, saying people had asked her if she was a juror.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Scum.

[mucifer]

1. There are probably hundreds of oncology nurses in New York. But, when someone is gone for the

EXACT days of the trial their families, friends and coworkers will figure it out by the end of the trial.

The media should not be giving hints as to what professions the jurors have.

[Hugin]

4. I'm not sure of the relevance of their professions anyway.

Gender is even pushing it.

As long as they’re not in conflict with the… Wait, I just remembered Clarence Thomas and that Cannon lady. Never mind.

[JT45242]

30. For challenges...

TFG side would not want someone in accounting or auditing on the jury because their claims as to this just being normal SOP would be called BS by an accountant.

Of course, if they burn all their challenges then some people with expertise in the field can make it on.

When I was working on creating a forensic science course for our HS, my grad school instructor informed me that this would almost guarentee that I would never serve on a jury because the side compromised by the forensic science would not want me on the jury. I know chemists who were ousted in voir dire for liability suits.

[Hugin]

35. I understand that within the context of the case itself...

And the court. Although, I don’t like the gaming which goes on.

What I am addressing is why does anyone outside of the court have any business knowing anything about the individual jurors?

[onenote]

52. The Supreme Court has decided this question:

In 1984 the Supreme Court held, unanimously, that there is a presumption under the First Amendment that court proceedings, including the voir dire, be open public proceedings. As Justice Marshall explained in his concurring opinion, "the constitutional rights of the public and press to access to all aspects of criminal trials are not diminished in cases in which "deeply personal matters" are likely to be elicited in voir dire proceedings." Moreover, according to Justice Marshall, while the presumption of openness can be overcome, "prior to issuing a closure order, a trial court should be obliged to show that the order in question constitutes the least restrictive means available for protecting compelling state interests. In those cases where a closure order is imposed, the constitutionally preferable method for reconciling the First Amendment interests of the public and the press with the legitimate privacy interests of jurors and the interests of defendants in fair trials is to redact transcripts in such a way as to preserve the anonymity of jurors while disclosing the substance of their responses.... Only in the most extraordinary circumstances can the substance of a juror's response to questioning at voir dire be permanently excluded from the salutary scrutiny of the public and the press."

[Karma13612]

12. They shouldn't be giving out ANY information about the jurors

And the two sides of the trial shouldn’t know either.

This is too high profile.

And it’s too late now, but if I was called to jury duty, I wouldn’t tell anyone beyond my spouse.
And hope they can keep a secret. Then, if I was paneled, I would ask my spouse to tell everyone I was called away to a sick friend somewhere far away.

[The Grand Illuminist]

63. Just wait til during the trial.

All the coverage from RW media will be spun into OJ Simpson proportions. Making trials harder, and more importantly, much longer to finish.

[Deuxcents]

2. His sponsors should be getting lots of calls for this unethical conduct

Anyone know who they are? I don’t watch his show but if we had a list, we could protect this

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Sounds like a good idea.

What he did was wrong. Give him a taste of his own medicine. Negative public exposure.

[maxsolomon]

17. Boycotts of Fox Sponsors aren't particularly effective.

Fox is trying to engineer a mistrial.

[barbtries]

3. he should be charged with a crime.

that's jury tampering for sure. convince me i'm wrong about this.

it's an absolute abuse of the First Amendment at the very least.

[MacKasey]

8. Agree

This should be jury tampering!

[lindysalsagal]

26. Agreed.

[jaxexpat]

28. The guard rails on the 1st amendment have been crashed into a lot over the last 24 years.

Fox regularly pushes that envelope so that the concept of broadcast free speech is pretty hazy in most minds. That is fertile tillage for MAGAism. Such confusion, intentionally spread, is an abuse of the rights granted by the constitution to the extent that, should the pendulum swing toward justice some day, Jesse, along with his mentors, minions and co conspirators may be defending themselves against a charge of treason.

These for-profit political smut peddlers have a lot to account for in a world where promoting the general welfare is seriously considered a top priority. Removal from the public airwaves should be their minimum concern. Hard time would be appropriate for foreign propagandists of any stripe.

[barbtries]

29. Yes, it has been.

it has been twisted into oblivion. We are supposed to having a civilization FFS.

same with the 2nd amendment. it was never intended to mean any old person could have guns that kill multiple people at one time.


i hate republicans

[Warpy]

38. Jury tampering? Oh, yeah, this was meant to intimidate a potentially hostile juror

I'm sure that person is feeling pretty vulnerable right now. And no, there aren't that many oncology nurses in any specific neighborhood, even in NYC. This type of shit makes me furious, I can't stand bullies.

This is more serious bullying since they put this person's life in danger when some TFG zombie manages to connect the dots and identify him/her.

Waters should be dragged into court, charged, and jailed without bond for the duration of the trial. The judge needs to come down on this like a ton of law books to make sure nobody else gets cute.

[Zilli]

68. Deeper than jury tampering

Jesse is a stochastic terrorist and was steadfastly setting this woman up for assassination or the destruction of her life and her families life. Of course, we live in amerikkka and Jesse will be able to broadcast coded calls for torment/assassination on a daily basis.

[Warpy]

69. I know, he's scum. H's kept on as a line to the TFG cult

He needs to be fired, at the very least. He's going to become a legal liability sooner rather than later.

[onenote]

53. Probably won't convince you, but it would be hard to prove his broadcast was jury tampering under NY law

Under New York law, "A person is guilty of tampering with a juror in the first degree when, with intent to influence the outcome of an action or proceeding, he communicates with a juror in such action or proceeding, except as authorized by law."

The hurdles that a prosecutor would face in going after Watters is that they'd have to show that the juror saw the broadcast -- i.e., that Watters communicated with the juror with the intent to influence the outcome of the trial.

[barbtries]

65. i was afraid of something like that.

but clearly he did manage to get the message to her.

I think it would be good if the judge or the DOJ or the prosecutor's office did something in response. these fucking magats will stop at nothing

[Trueblue1968]

60. Death to the traitor lol!!!!!!! He is horrible

[Think. Again.]

6. The court should have foreseen...

...this would be a problem and banned the media to only public record into on the jurors.

[Scrivener7]

27. Really. What was he thinking?

[shrike3]

51. Exactly. This has to stop.

[onenote]

56. The information that was reported was public record information

Several media outlets were reporting the information about the jurors as it was disclosed in court and the threshold under the constitution for limiting press and public access to that information. Given the case law relevant to such situations, the judge did the right thing by responding quickly to limit the inclusion of certain information about jurors in the public record.

However, if you're suggesting that jurors shouldn't have to provide, albeit only for the lawyers and judge, information about their employment history, I would disagree. If a prospective juror worked for Newsmax or for for the RNC, I think we'd all want the prosecution to have access to that information so they could challenge that juror being selected.

[Think. Again.]

61. Yes, if the juror provides info only to...

...the lawyers and judge, and a perspective juror worked for newsmax, the prosecution WOULD have that info to challenge that juror.

But I don't any reason to put an ANONYMOUS juror's life at risk just so the PUBLIC can know where they work or whether they have a distinct accent or any other identifiable information about them.

[eShirl]

7. effin dirtbag

[mopinko]

9. this juror has been dismissed.

this shit needs to stop.

[Liberal In Texas]

10. I doubt the court is releasing juror names. Probably Trump or his "team" are getting names during

voir dire and calling Fox Newschannel and saying they suspect this juror or that juror might be a liberal or maybe just fair-minded. Fox is dutifully painting targets on these jurors to get them to quit or if they don't go suggest one of the magats go after them or their families.

This is jury tampering, pure and simple.

[onenote]

57. See post #53.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. Waters is an asshole

Link to tweet

[area51]

18. Yes.

Among the things he's done is advocate for a "kill shot" regarding Dr. Fauci.

[CrispyQ]

34. What a smug little shit. I just want to punch him. -nt

[lonely bird]

50. Yes

Very punchable face

[Comfortably_Numb]

37. Silly me, I read the text quickly and misread "incarcerating Watters" as incinerating...tee hee. Be bad if something

like that happened to a douche-nozzle like Watters. What an asshole.

[LisaM]

49. God, that smug look on his face.

I mean, really. How can anyone be that way?

[ificandream]

62. I agree with jailing Watters

He's been a TV fool since his days at Bill-o's gofer.

[rgbecker]

13. Easy to understand why 50% of jury pool walk out given the chance.

Not to mention the pay cut, for most, to $40 a day.

[edhopper]

14. After Jesse Watters ran this segment and Trump posted it,

How is this not jury intimidation?

[onenote]

40. Trump should be sanctioned for violating the gag order.

But Watters isn't subject to a gag order and neither Watters nor Trump committed jury tampering as defined under New York law.

[edhopper]

42. Isn't

retweeting it a violation?

If not, he can get his friends in the RW Media to say whatever he wants and then retweet it.

[onenote]

46. Yes, as I said, Trump should be subject to sanctions for violating the gag order.

Was that not clear from my post?

[edhopper]

58. I missed that

Clear to me now.

[Initech]

15. They're going to try to get these people killed.

Fuck Trump and fuck MAGA.

[grumpyduck]

16. I have a pretty strong and imaginative vocabulary when I put my mind to it,

but I don't have anything strong enough to do justice to this... individual.

But I so wish someone would take a cheese grater to that smug arrogant face.

[IA8IT]

19. Scum and villainy

[Kid Berwyn]

20. Jesse Watters is NAZI Shit

Small minded Bill O'Reilly toady made the Rupert Murdoch big time.

[flying_wahini]

21. Anyone know where Jesse lives? It would be a shame if somebody released it.

[yardwork]

55. Normally I would disagree with doing this.

But these are not normal times.

[PCIntern]

22. What block does Jesse Watters live on?

Where does his wife shop for food? Where do his kids go to school? How about the older generation of his family -what about them? Do they go for walks? On what blocks and what time usually?

It works both ways.

[Jarqui]

23. They know that all they have to do is find kompromat on one juror

and send them a message ..

[Hermit-The-Prog]

24. How is this not jury tampering?

[niyad]

25. May he, and his enablers, receive everything they deserve.

[mn9driver]

31. Jail Watters for broadcasting it and jail Trump for posting it.

This is insanity.

[onenote]

39. Watters isn't going to be jailed.

First, his tweeting public information was not a crime. Second, he wasn't the only, or even the first, entity to report the publicly available information about the juror. Third, the Supreme Court has unanimously held that the First Amendment imposes constraints on limiting the press from reporting on trials, including the voir dire stage. The constitutionally preferred means of balancing the various interests in play is to do exactly what Judge Merchan has now done -- directed that certain information about the jurors not be part of the public record.

[lostnfound]

66. Jesse Watters will get someone murdered, but it won't be his fault, his crime, or a burden to his conscience

Because he is swine among swine.

[underpants]

32. I've seen this "Runaway Jury" conspiracy theory on Twitter today

A couple of times.

[0rganism]

33. "That's a very nice jury you've got there, shame if something happened to it."

Straight up mob-style strong arming the NYC courts.

If the MAGA trolls get away consequence-free with this, how can we expect safe polling places in November? This is a real problem the DNC cannot afford to ignore.

[Mike Nelson]

36. Hmmm...

... guess Jesse Walters took out the first one. Probably, Lara Ingram will be up next. They are going to "take out" jury members.

[TeamProg]

41. If the court and jury needs full sequestering, we can predict that Fox will say a "secret trial!" convicted TFS. nt

[Joinfortmill]

43. Wow. There should be consequences for that.

[Mr.Bill]

44. Someone like the Lincoln Project

should get busy and dox everyone working for Fox News.

[Seinan Sensei]

67. Totally agree

And start with Jesse

[Cherokee100]

45. Do away

Do away with the jury. I volunteer to be the judge.

[Martin68]

47. And a new conspiracy theory gets its start and takes root in the MAGAt "mind."

[NoMoreRepugs]

48. Jesse "Punchable Face" Watters is one large piece of dung.

[RockRaven]

54. TFG has infinite peremptory challenges now. His allies just need to follow

this example. They don't even need to be broadcasters. Just spam that shit all over social media. It will spread, fast.

[Trueblue1968]

59. Waters is a traitor ..... Do what we do to Faux new host now !!!

Get rid of him.

[Ping Tung]

64. That loud squiishy sound you hear is a reporter? jounranlist? sniveller? paying homage kissing the ring? hind parts?

of a still active crook now standing trial for felonious crimes.

[dalton99a]

70. Kick

[krawhitham]

71. I know everyone is up in arms over this, but he said nothing you could not read in NYTimes or Washingtion Post.

Sure he added

"I'm not so sure about Juror No. 2."

Only thing he did was put it on TV, all the papers were printing every detail about the Juries that was revealed in court