Do unbiased jurors exist to serve at Trumps trials in the age of social media?
The Conversation US As trial dates approach for former President Donald Trumps indictments, both he and prosecutors are already claiming it will be hard to secure an impartial jury.
Special counsel Jack Smith has said Trumps public statements risk contaminating the jury pool for the charges he will face in a federal court in Washington, D.C., related to his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Trump has said that jury pool is already biased because District of Columbia residents tend to vote with the Democratic Party. They certainly remember what Jan. 6, 2021, was really like on the streets of their city. And few anywhere in the U.S. have been able to avoid exposure to news coverage, online posts or in-person discussion of the 2020 election, its aftermath and the investigations that have sprung from the invasion of the Capitol and efforts to overturn the elections results.
Trumps lawyers, and those prosecuting him, arent the only ones grappling with the problem of finding unbiased jurors in the age of social media.
