Author E. Attorneys for Jean Carroll prosecuted during the trial His civil suit To remove a judge against former President Donald Trump after learning he had listened to a “notorious far-right” podcaster, court documents show. The request was denied and the jury eventually joined eight other jurors in returning a unanimous verdict in Carroll’s favor.
The Federal Justice It stemmed from allegations in New York City that Trump raped Carroll in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s and then publicly defamed her several years ago when she spoke out about it.
In one of numerous filings unsealed Wednesday, Carroll’s attorneys pushed to dismiss Juror No. 77, a 31-year-old man who said during jury selection that he had lived in the Bronx all his life. She said she “doesn’t have any kids that I know of” and generally avoids the news but listens “every now and then” to podcasts, which she described as “mainly independent”.
The original transcript taken during the juror’s selection interview noted that he had given “Temple” as an example of the podcasts he had listened to, but in a formal move to excuse him from the trial, Carroll’s attorneys said they later learned the transcript was incorrect. , and Juror 77 actually said “Team Pool”.
An online political commentator who first gained attention for his live streaming of the Occupy Wall Street protests in 2011, Poole became a prolific YouTuber and podcast host. His channels are known to support far-right ideas, conspiracy theories, misogyny and otherwise hateful content, lawyers said in a motion to dismiss the judge. Poole faced some criticism in 2020 for a tweet sympathetic to the Kenosha protest shooter. Kyle Rittenhouse, And again in 2022 for an interview with Kanye West, when the rapper produced Semitic statements.
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Carroll’s attorneys wrote in their motion that “the videos posted on Poole’s YouTube channel constitute a clear, consistent refrain … lewd statements and attacks on women who disclose sexual misconduct … support claims that the 2020 election was stolen and treated unfairly by the Trump news media. ; and … defense of well-known, misogynistic and pro-Trump extremist groups.”
Attorneys characterized Poole as “a notorious far-right YouTuber” who sometimes claimed to be independent. They noted “his role in promoting extremist figures has been widely documented”, citing guest appearances by extremist figures such as Alex Jones and Steve Bannon on his show.
Episodes of his podcast, “Teamcast IRL,” have one headline: “Tucker Carlson Roasts Ted Cruz for Calling Ted Cruz a Terrorist Jan. 6, Trump Addresses Media Lies Not Right.” According to the filing, Poole also used terminology associated with perceived white supremacy when describing his mission as a content creator.
In a confidential interview with the court held specifically to question Juror 77 about Poole’s content, he described the podcast as “moderate” and “balanced,” first saying that Poole “gets various political figures from the right” before revising his statement to: He’s political figures or just like celebrities, left, right, you know, balanced.”
Carroll’s attorneys asked Chief Justice Lewis Kaplan to “evaluate potential bias” in their motion to dismiss the judge. Attorneys for Trump argued that the motion “unreasonably” attempted to “attribute all of Mr. Poole’s opinions to Juror No. 77,” adding that “Juror No. 77 is not Tim Poole.” The judge said under oath that he had listened to Poole’s podcast “three or four” times in the past six months, according to court records.
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The judge denied Juror 77’s request to dismiss but did not give reasons in documents sealed this week.
Juror 77 ultimately voted in kind with the rest of the jury, which distributed them Unanimous verdict On Tuesday, Trump was blamed Battery and defamation and awarded Carroll $5 million in damages. The jury found Trump guilty of sexual assault but not rape.
“We are grateful that the nine jurors, including Juror No. 77, were not only faithful to their oath as jurors, but also determined to reach a fair, impartial and unanimous verdict,” Roberta Kaplan, one of Carroll’s attorneys, said Wednesday. A statement to The Associated Press.
CBS News reached out to Kaplan and one of Trump’s attorneys, Joseph Tacopina, for comment but did not immediately receive a reply. As the AP reported, Poole tweeted about the debate over whether to fire Juror 77, “If you think the show is ‘too accurate’ you’re in a cult.”
Graham Cates contributed reporting.