Roger Stone Jury Cites Privacy to Resist Journalist’s Inquiry

(Bloomberg) -- The jurors who convicted longtime Republican operative Roger Stone of lying to help President Donald Trump are challenging the effort by a right-wing journalist and provocateur to get access to their personal information -- part of the broader fight over Stone’s claim that the jury was biased against him.

Journalist Michael Cernovich is trying to gain access to the jurors’ responses to a series of questions before the trial to vet who could be impartial. A lawyer appointed by the Washington judge presiding over the case to represent the jurors is pushing back.

“In the discharge of their duty to serve on the jury here, they shared with the court, the prosecution, and defense counsel highly personal details about their life experiences, jobs, families, and views,” attorney Alan C. Raul said in a court filing late Monday. “These intimate and identifying details are sensitive and deserving of privacy protection, and public disclosure would prejudice the jurors’ personal and professional lives.”

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