A juror in the Roger Stone trial is coming to the defense of the foreperson who has become the target of attacks from President Trump and his allies in the conservative media.
“Elected officials have no business attacking citizens for performing their civic duty,” Seth Cousins, who sat on the jury in the trial of Trump’s longtime confidant, wrote in a Washington Post op-ed on Tuesday.
“When the president attacks our jury’s foreperson, he is effectively attacking every American who takes time off work, arranges child care and otherwise disrupts their life temporarily to participate in this civic duty,” he added. “His attacks denigrate both our service and the concept of equal justice under U.S. law.”