A U.S. appeals court has found that a federal judge wrongly stopped a January 6, 2021, defendant from striking a potential juror who couldn't view the defendant as innocent. The court rebuffed claims of jury bias in the case and denied the defendant's bid to have the sentence tossed due to a perceived Democratic-leaning jury pool in Washington.
Court Finds Error In Jan. 6 Case, But Obama Judge Rules Against Convict https://t.co/S0B4KiWLKw
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He had argued in court documents that the jury pool in Washington was “simply too Democratic, too connected to the federal government, and too steeped in January 6th news coverage to produce twelve unbiased jurors.” https://t.co/GugqCEc9Mj