Key juror questioned in Roger Stone case

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Key juror questioned in Roger Stone case
By Harper Neidig and John Kruzel - 02/25/20 06:58 PM EST

A key juror from Roger Stone’s trial was questioned in court on Tuesday over allegations that she prejudiced the jury that convicted the longtime GOP political operative, with the juror also facing public attacks from President Trump on Twitter.

In a lengthy hearing in a court in Washington, D.C., Judge Amy Berman Jackson brought in the juror, Tomeka Hart, to respond to accusations that she provided misleading answers about her political bias — a claim Stone says justifies a new trial.

Hart said she stood by the answers she gave during jury selection, when she said she could fairly act as a juror in the case. She said in a written questionnaire at the time that she did not remember ever posting about Stone or any other figures involved in the case.

“I was zeroed in about Roger Stone in responding to that question, but I still didn’t remember,” she said Tuesday.

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https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/484614-key-juror-questioned-in-roger-stone-case

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She lied once under oath do you think she will tell the truth this time?

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Stone’s team focused intently on "Question 23" in the September 2019 jury questionnaire, which read: “Have you written or posted anything for public consumption about the defendant, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, or the investigation conducted by special counsel Robert Mueller?”

“I can’t remember if I did, but I may have shared an article on Facebook,” Hart wrote in response last year. “Honestly, not sure.”

After the public left the courtroom, Stone's attorney Seth Ginsberg argued that Hart’s answers were “misleading if not deliberately false.”

It doesn't appear Hart tweeted about Stone directly, though she did retweet a Jan. 30, 2019, tweet from CNN commentator Bakari Sellers criticizing Republicans unhappy about Stone's arrest in early 2019.

Ginsberg also pointed to tweet from Jan. 29, 2019 in which she shared an article on Twitter and said it was “brought to you by the lock her up peanut gallery.” The article was a lengthy piece by NPR which listed Stone’s indictment at the top, described him as “a longtime informal adviser to President Trump,” and noted he’d been “charged with seven counts … in relation to Russian interference in the 2016 election.”

“It was a reference to the many rallies where supporters of President Trump yelled ‘Lock her up!’ suggesting … The irony of people saying, ‘Oh there should be jail’ but them getting arrested,” Hart said of her tweet.

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