Trump hush money trial loses juror who felt intimidated, judge says
NEW YORK, April 18 (Reuters) - A juror was excused on Thursday from Donald Trump's criminal trial after saying she felt intimidated because some aspects of her identity had been made public, the judge overseeing the case said.
The juror told the court that family, friends and colleagues had contacted her after deducing through press accounts that she was on the jury.
"I don't believe at this point that I can be fair and unbiased, and let the outside influences not affect my decision-making in the courtroom," said the juror, who had been one of seven selected earlier this week.
[Eerily, there was, I think, a tweet from someone warning of the amount of detail on juror’s lives that was made public even as Justice Merchan protected their identities with a transparent fig leaf of nominal anonymity. However, I don’t understand where this juror’s inability to be unbiased comes from when (s)he has not been threatened or intimidated.]
