It is sometimes customary for the names of the jurors to be published in the court papers. Now, however, private information is circulating on right-wing websites. Occasionally there are threats.
According to media reports, after the indictment of former US President Donald Trump in the US state of Georgia, information about the jury involved in the trial is said to be circulating on the Internet.
The names, addresses, photos and social media accounts of several alleged jury members have been published on right-wing websites, television networks CNN and NBC reported.
In Fulton County, where the indictment against Trump was filed, it is customary for jurors’ names to be published in court papers, the CNN report said. However, the document does not contain any further personal information such as the addresses of the members of the so-called grand jury. After the publication, there were isolated threats against the jury from alleged Trump supporters on the Internet.
“It is becoming increasingly normal for ordinary citizens who perform functions essential to our democracy to be threatened with violence by extremist Trump supporters,” Advance Democracy founder Daniel Jones told NBC television.
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