As jury selection for his federal election meddling case nears, prosecutors are concerned about the former president’s history of public harassment
Donald Trump speaks to the media as he arrives at New York State Supreme court for the second day of the civil fraud trial against him on Oct. 3, 2023 in New York City.has requested D.C. Judge Tanya Chutkan “impose reasonable boundaries of prohibiting public identification of potential or selected jurors,” into D.C.
Those measures include the use of a preliminary questionnaire to aid in expediting the jury selection process, a prohibition on research into potential jurors “beyond what is publicly available,” a restriction from “asking to ‘follow’ or ‘friend’ anyone, or make any analogous affirmative request, to gain access to posts or profiles that are not otherwise publicly available,” and the enforcement of rules preventing the public distribution of jurors names or identifying information.
Trump’s public statements regarding the case have already become a point of contention for Smith and other prosecutors overseeing the various indictments against Trump.
Smith cited Engoron’s ruling in his own request for protection, explaining that “just last week the defendant escalated his conduct and publicly attacked the trial judge’s law clerk in his pending civil fraud trial in New York State Supreme Court As a result, the judge in that case was forced to issue an oral order that no party speak publicly about members of the court staff.”
“Given that the defendant — after apparently reviewing opposition research on court staff — chose to use social media to publicly attack a court staffer, there is cause for concern about what he may do with social media research on potential jurors in this case. It is therefore necessary for the Court to employ the limited restrictions described above,” Smith wrote.
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