CNN: Libby juror exposed to outside information.
CNN: Libby juror exposed to outside information.
Just now on CNN:
[UPDATE: AP is reporting that the judge has dismissed the juror, but that there will not be a mistrial. Firedoglake is live-blogging from the courthouse.]
CNN: We are learning that all the parties in the Scooter Libby trial have been summoned to the courtroom. We want to get to Brian Todd now for the latest. I know you are outside that courtroom. Why are they being asked to come inside? Do they have a verdict now?
BRIAN TODD: They don’t have a verdict. We were just in the courtroom a moment ago and the judge informed all of us that one of the jurors has been exposed to information about the case outside the courtroom. The judge said he had to talk to the jury foreperson and that is what he is doing right now. As soon as he told us that, he said he had to talk to the jury foreperson to determine the extent of that information that that juror got outside the courtroom. So we’re just waiting to hear whether this is a tainted juror, whether it may not be that serious. He’s also trying to determine whether other jurors may have been exposed as a result of this one juror being exposed. So we’re playing a waiting game right now, we don’t want to get into speculation what it could mean for the case but a very serious development.
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Why wasn’t the jury sequestered? Exposed to the media, will that juror need therapy now?
February 26th, 2007 at 10:10 amHmm, must be a Repuke juror aiming for a mistrial.
February 26th, 2007 at 10:10 amThis better not be that POST reporter!
February 26th, 2007 at 10:11 amGee… I wonder how much this Juror was paid by the White House.
February 26th, 2007 at 10:11 amMistrial ho, it seems.
This feels utterly too convenient.
February 26th, 2007 at 10:13 amwell, it can’t be cheney, he’s out of the country…
this smells real bad…
February 26th, 2007 at 10:14 amThat juror must have received threats from the left to hand down a guilty verdict. After all—there’s been so much hope riding on it.
February 26th, 2007 at 10:15 am“outside information” = message from Cheney.
February 26th, 2007 at 10:15 amSo we’re just waiting to hear whether this is a tainted juror, whether it may not be that serious. He’s also trying to determine whether other jurors may have been exposed as a result of this one juror being exposed. So we’re playing a waiting game right now
because of the current administration, whom does this surprise?
February 26th, 2007 at 10:16 amThat juror must have received threats from the left to hand down a guilty verdict. After all—there’s been so much hope riding on it.
Comment by 20wordsorless
Oh yeah, that must be it.
**eyes rolling**
February 26th, 2007 at 10:18 amThat juror must have received threats from the left to hand down a guilty verdict. After all—there’s been so much hope riding on it.
Comment by 20wordsofbull — February 26, 2007 @ 10:15 am
Ummm, just out of curiousity 20words, who benefits the most from a mistrial?
The left or the right?
Take your time in not responding!
February 26th, 2007 at 10:18 amAh, Christ … you knew it was coming. Is there anything that this administration touches that can be won fairly?
February 26th, 2007 at 10:18 amSo, “tainted” justice for the Bush Administration – what a surprise!
sarchasm off/
February 26th, 2007 at 10:19 amTonight on Hannity and colmes, the juror who saved Libby for a few more months from the Liberal attack machine…that was appointed by bush and ashcroft.
February 26th, 2007 at 10:20 amI can stand to see the Bush admin squirm a little more. maybe scooter will throw someone under the bus now (like cheney)
“U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton has ordered jurors to avoid contact with media coverage of former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s monthlong trial. He said Monday that one juror was exposed to information about the trial over the weekend.”
See…they should have been watching nothing but FOX News…you sure as hell won’t see anything about the Libby trial on there.
February 26th, 2007 at 10:22 amHmmmmmm….I bet it was accidentally on purpose!
February 26th, 2007 at 10:26 amInterference from Cheney or Rove? Probably. But I think that this judge will do everything possible to avoid a mistrial. Aren’t there alternate jurors to turn to in a situation like this?
My concern is a hung jury. It will take only one 30 percenter to do it.
February 26th, 2007 at 10:26 amThis jury should have been sequestered.
Fitz will try it again, if he has to.
February 26th, 2007 at 10:27 am20wordsofbull – your name certainly fits your post.
You either meant “right” instead of “left”, otherwise your comment is ludicrous.
February 26th, 2007 at 10:27 amHmmmmmmmm,I bet acidentally on purpose!
February 26th, 2007 at 10:29 amI don’t think there will be much to this story. As I understand it, the tainted juror saw the outside “information” on FoxSnooze and — as we all know — there’s not much true information to be found in that cesspool.
February 26th, 2007 at 10:32 amPhil Simms,
Thats the truth, They would know all about every aspect of Anna Nicoles death and Brittany’s rehab crap. But not one second on any real issues that face our country today on Faux.
February 26th, 2007 at 10:33 amDid the Washington Post, by publishing Victoria Toensings smear on Fitzgerald, end up tainting this jurist?
February 26th, 2007 at 10:35 amI don’t think there will be much to this story. As I understand it, the tainted juror saw the outside “information†on FoxSnooze and — as we all know — there’s not much true information to be found in that cesspool.
Comment by Tom
That’s true.
I always wonder why people on a jury turn on the television or buy the newspaper — they know they’re not supposed to do it. Maybe they like getting grilled by the Judge.
February 26th, 2007 at 10:36 amWhat a circus.
February 26th, 2007 at 10:38 amAnother WH leak involving Cheney and Libby?
February 26th, 2007 at 10:44 amGood Morning Lady Zooey and Master Juan C….I’m thinking this is just one more little trick in the bull shit bush dog and pony show….As you alway’s say Z…SSDD,,,,Blessings
February 26th, 2007 at 10:47 amI wonder what else is going on in the world that the MSM is not reporting because of this….
February 26th, 2007 at 10:48 amOf Course the Jury is tainted!
What did you guys think would happen?
Toensing tried to do it, and I’m sure there was a concerted effort to screw this up.
It’s like trying to convict Tony Soprano!
February 26th, 2007 at 10:49 amcheck out the latest http://firedoglake.com/
one juror has been dismissed…
February 26th, 2007 at 10:52 amWalton: The law does now allow you to continue your deliberations with 11 jururs, so that’s what I’m going to do. Let me just ask if all of you have kept yourself isolated from any information about this case — if that is so, raise your hand. Okay, everybody raised their hand saying they have not had any outside information, and I ask that you continue to do that. It is imperative — you must decide this case based only on what you heard in this courtroom. With that I ask that you go back and proceed with your deliberations. Thank you.
February 26th, 2007 at 10:54 amhttp://firedoglake.com/
So the juror is dismissed. Good.
Now, will the MSM be able to focus on any other news today? Probably not.
February 26th, 2007 at 10:56 amIf the juror is dismissed and the judge believes that other juror’s were tainted, does this mean a mistrial?
February 26th, 2007 at 11:05 amA mistrial wouldn’t be good news for either party because now there is public information available that wasn’t there before the Libby trial, such as, Cheney’s and Rove’s involvement.
February 26th, 2007 at 11:06 amDoes a mistrial mean that Scooter wants another opportunity to make a deal with the prosecution?
February 26th, 2007 at 11:09 amSo, Judge Walton sits down with the jury foreman to determine what information the other juror heard?
Sounds to me like the forman has been tainted too.
February 26th, 2007 at 11:10 amSo it was the juror that wouldn’t wear red on Valentine’s Day that got dismissed. This juror wasn’t serious anyway. She never connected with her peers.
February 26th, 2007 at 11:14 amSounds to me like the forman has been tainted too.
Comment by RandyBastard
Fortunately, the Judge has been trained to deal with these situations. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be allowed to greet the jurors, tell them what the hell they’re supposed to be doing, or give them their instructions.
I hope you were being sarcastic.
February 26th, 2007 at 11:20 amThe juror who was dismissed was the art curator who wouldn’t wear red on Valentine’s day. Wells is reportedly quite happy with the results, and we hear Mr. Fitzgerald came as close to losing that poker face as he has — he was evidently quite pissed.
http://firedoglake.com/
check out that link there, the story about the red shirt…
February 26th, 2007 at 11:26 amHey, Sharon. Nice reading you. :)
February 26th, 2007 at 11:30 amthis is interesting… check out the link…
The juror who was dismissed was the art curator who wouldn’t wear red on Valentine’s day. Wells is reportedly quite happy with the results, and we hear Mr. Fitzgerald came as close to losing that poker face as he has — he was evidently quite pissed.
February 26th, 2007 at 11:41 amhttp://firedoglake.com/
For all the latest Libby trial news, legal documents, timelines and other essential materials surrounding the Bush administration’s outing of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame and its politics of payback against Joseph Wilson, see:
February 26th, 2007 at 11:56 am“The CIA Leak/PlameGate Resource Center.”
sorry about the double post…
February 26th, 2007 at 12:09 pmdamnit TP… this posting delay is most annoying…
Sure Katy, Uh huh. You are double posting on purpose cuz it was your birthday.
/sarcasm
February 26th, 2007 at 12:12 pmBack at ya Juan C…Blessings
February 26th, 2007 at 12:23 pmThe fact that the jury was not sequestered, makes me wonder if this was planned… a little to convient for me~! How are they going to prevent it this weekend?
February 26th, 2007 at 1:18 pmCheney’s plant was discovered!
As much of a conspiracy theorist as I am… I hope this is just a case of a juror accidently seeing a headline he/she should not have and a judge being very cautious so the verdict cannot be overturned on appeals from this incident.
February 26th, 2007 at 2:11 pmIf this results in a HUNG jury, will more jurors EXPOSE THEMSELVES to show HOW “WELL-HUNG” they ARE? HAH!
February 26th, 2007 at 7:58 pmOh, when will this circus end? I figured since Algore was elected president last night that Fitzgerald would get the ok to call this whole charade off.
Isn’t it curious that Fitz knew all along that the leaker wasn’t Rove?
Once again, you guys have been had.
You know, if I could market a Tony Robbins type dvd series on self help and common sense, and market it to all the moonbats on the left…not only could I be rich, but think of all the HOT AIR I would be sparing the ozone layer.
zooey, you gotta love that idea. It could equal another billion years for our planet.
February 27th, 2007 at 12:55 am