Napolitano says it's obvious Roger Stone deserves a new trial: 'Almost any judge' would agree
Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano said on Tuesday that “it is obvious” former Trump adviser Roger Stone deserves a new trial in light of resurfaced tweets that indicate partisanship and “inherent bias” from a juror in his trial.
Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano said on Tuesday that “it is obvious” former Trump adviser Roger Stone deserves a new trial in light of resurfaced tweets that indicate partisanship and “inherent bias” from a juror in his trial.
“I think almost any judge in the country would order a new trial,” Napolitano told “Fox & Friends" on Tuesday, adding that he's "not so sure" that Judge Amy Berman Jackson will agree.
Last week, former Memphis City Schools Board President Tomeka Hart revealed she had been the foreperson on the jury that convicted Stone. A history of Democratic activism and a bias against President Trump, via a series of left-wing social media posts, also came to light.
Following the revelations, Stone made on Friday another request for a new trial. He had already filed for a new trial two days prior, but was denied by Jackson.
“You have a duty, an affirmative obligation to reveal to us when we selected you, [of] the existence of these tweets in which you were so harshly negative about the president and the people that support him,” Napolitano said, referring to the foreperson.
Napolitano said that Jackson has a duty to find out whether or not the prosecutors knew about the biased foreperson in order to make a ruling about a new trial.
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even liberal leaning media punndits are starting to agree Stone deserves a new trial.
