As Donald Trump's defamation case against E. Jean Carroll moves forward, jury selection becomes an ever more evident dilemma. Opening up jury names to a distribution list of legal teams working the case could open up jurors to the potential risks of outside influence or even harassment. To avoid this, the choice was made to keep the potential jury list completely anonymous, and members were excluded during voir dire only for reasons they themselves confirmed, such as donating

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