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Is that not jury tampering?
It doesn't appear this person actually communicated directly with any jurors on the case; rather, he expressed an opinion about what the jurors should do, while speaking to a fascist propaganda service (Newsmax).
He was clearly at least superficially trying to directly address the potential jurors on a wide reaching platform.
I doubt it's proscecutable, but he is certainly attempting to taint the jury pool. I wonder if the judge can hold random people not involved in the trial accountable for interfering with the trial from the outside.
As a total lay person, I have no clue what the technical definition of jury tampering is. I looked up NY law:
I guess "communicates with" is the key part. He's shouting publicly at any potential juror and doing so prior to the jury being selected. So I'd guess not in this case?
As a lay person, I agree. If "publishing in the media" is indeed "communicating" (which I see as such), then this guy does at least attempt to tamper jurors.
Are there any penalties involved in that law?
Which it would not be otherwise all the right wing propaganda outlets that go even further would be facing serious charges that are trivial to prove.
He is clearly stating that his intended audience is the jurers. How is that not communicating with them?
Because guilty, appeal, guilty, appeal, scotus something something free speech, dismissed.
I'd bet money on it if it ever comes to point. This should be a slam dunk but we don't live in those times anymore. The law has become a weapon that's applied and dismissed on a whim.
Yeah. Hard to deny who he intended to speak to when he states who he’s publicly speaking to knowing the clip will be put on TV…
I guess this is stochastic jury tampering.
Yes. It is definitely jury tampering.
But a conservative is doing it and they get a free pass to do anything because they have zero morals.