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...He went on to say that "The judge should interrogate the departed prosecutors about what they knew about this foreperson and when they knew it and why they quit. And then determine whether or not the integrity of Stone's trial was adversely affected by this juror. It seems inconceivable that it was not."
...The mass withdrawal, which happened after Attorney General William Barr intervened in Stone's sentencing, caused Democrats to accuse President Donald Trump of interfering in the process - by earlier tweeting about his displeasure with the Justice Department.
...Former Memphis City Schools Board President Tomeka Hart said last week that she was the foreperson on the jury that convicted Stone, and revealed a history of Democratic activism after a string of her anti-Trump social media posts came to light.
...Hart even posted specifically about the Stone case before she was selected to sit on the jury, as she retweeted an argument mocking those who considered Stone's dramatic arrest in a predawn raid by a federal tactical team to be excessive force.
..."The Supreme Court has said you're entitled to 12 jurors who are indifferent as to the outcome," Napolitano noted.
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