{"id":1355581,"date":"2022-03-02T12:28:51","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T17:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1355581"},"modified":"2022-03-02T17:37:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T22:37:43","slug":"maxwell-juror-who-threw-guilty-verdict-in-question-to-plead-5th-prosecutors-plan-to-compel-him-to-testify","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maxwell-juror-who-threw-guilty-verdict-in-question-to-plead-5th-prosecutors-plan-to-compel-him-to-testify\/","title":{"rendered":"Maxwell Juror Who Threw Guilty Verdict In Question To Plead 5th; Prosecutors Plan To Compel Him To Testify"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmaxwell-juror-who-threw-guilty-verdict-in-question-to-plead-5th-prosecutors-plan-to-compel-him-to-testify%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1355581&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/CE2E3C19-4383-4E9E-8A76-CCAFA7A4D5F3-scaled-e1646259065156.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The juror who threw the verdict of Ghislaine Maxwell into question is expected to plead the Fifth in an evidentiary hearing next week, while prosecutors in the case are planning to offer him immunity to compel his testimony, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/02\/ghislaine-maxwell-juror-to-plead-the-5th-at-hearing-next-week\/\">New York Post<\/a> reported Wednesday that lawyers for juror no. 50, who is known by his first and middle names as Scotty David, filed a letter to the federal court in the Southern District of New York informing the court that he would exercise his Fifth Amendment right and not answer questions in a hearing set to take place next week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI write to inform the Court that Juror 50 will invoke his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination at the hearing,\u201d David\u2019s attorney Todd Spodek wrote in the letter, as quoted by the New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>In response, prosecuting attorneys issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/ba2454cd-c37d-4338-88ee-63f8ce48d2ce.usrfiles.com\/ugd\/ba2454_f5b6f647b9ff40d5ad8d3c448ae1f743.pdf\">response<\/a> to the letter, saying that the U.S. government would grant the witness immunity from prosecution in order to compel him to testify. \u201cThe Government writes to notify the Court that it is in the process of seeking internal approval to seek an order, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. \u00a7\u00a7 6002 and 6003, compelling Juror 50\u2019s testimony at the hearing,\u201d prosecutors wrote, adding that they would submit a formal order to the court once the internal review had been conducted, ahead of the date of the hearing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Shortly after the juror\u2019s letter was filed, prosecutors wrote that they will seek to compel his testimony under two federal statutes, including one offering immunity. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C9S6VRkqZS\">https:\/\/t.co\/C9S6VRkqZS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4pCFmqeZCI\">pic.twitter.com\/4pCFmqeZCI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KlasfeldReports\/status\/1499028933316120580?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ghislaine-maxwell-alison-j-nathan-nyc-state-wire-b24b02f231879346e0eba336f104042a\">Associated Press<\/a> confirmed that reporting.<\/p>\n<p>The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution prohibits defendants from being \u201ccompelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.\u201d But under the laws cited by prosecutors, a judge can sign an order compelling the witness to testify in exchange for immunity from prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>Maxwell\u2019s lawyers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ghislaine-maxwell-attorneys-seeking-new-trial-after-juror-speaks-about-sexual-abuse\">sought a new trial<\/a> after David gave interviews to several news outlets confessing that he had been a victim of sexual abuse when he was a boy. David told Reuters in January that his experience helped to sway the jury toward a guilty verdict. He further told the outlet that he \u201cflew through\u201d the written jury questionnaire, and he did not remember being asked about his sexual assault during follow-up questioning, though he claimed he would have answered honestly. But court records showed that jurors were asked in the questionnaire whether they had been sexually assaulted or whether they knew someone who had been sexually assaulted.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Nathan denied the request for a new trial, but instead called for the juror to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/judge-in-maxwell-trial-to-question-juror-who-threw-verdict-in-doubt-under-oath\">testify under oath<\/a> in the March 8 hearing, expressing concern that David\u2019s interviews called the validity of the verdict into question. \u201cJuror 50\u2019s post-trial statements are \u2018clear, strong, substantial and incontrovertible evidence that a specific, nonspeculative impropriety\u2019\u2014namely, a false statement during jury selection\u2014has occurred,\u201d she wrote in a court ruling filed last week. \u201cTo be clear, the potential impropriety is not that someone with a history of sexual abuse may have served on the jury,\u201d Nathan added. \u201cRather, it is the potential failure to respond truthfully to questions during the jury selection process that asked for that material information so that any potential bias could be explored.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maxwell was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ghislaine-maxwell-jeffrey-epsteins-former-girlfriend-found-guilty-in-sex-abuse-trial\">found guilty<\/a> on December 29, 2021, on five of six counts, after she trafficked young girls for billionaire and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The juror who threw the verdict of Ghislaine Maxwell into question is expected to plead the Fifth in an evidentiary hearing next week, while prosecutors in the case are planning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1355581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1355581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1355581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1355581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1355581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}