Andrew Anglin
Daily Stormer
August 18, 2018
Is this judge Anita Sarkeesian?
I am so, so, so very tired of hearing about “internet death threats.”
Jurors in the trial of ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort were sent home for the weekend, as the judge in the fraud trial revealed Friday he has received threats over the case and now travels with U.S. Marshals.
U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III, in rejecting a motion to release juror information to the media, argued that he’s confident the jurors would be threatened as well if their information were to be made public.
“I can tell you there have been [threats]. … I don’t feel right if I release their names,” he said, adding that because of threats against him, “The Marshals go where I go.”
The startling revelation came as the jury completed its second day of deliberations without a verdict. The jury will reconvene Monday.
This is not startling.
Every public figure receives “internet death threats.”
I get several a day saying “I know where you are, I’m coming for you.”
If this bothers you, you are a woman or a boomer who doesn’t understand that people say all kinds of things on the internet because it is the internet.
Ellis, a famously prickly judge known for his colorful comments, has attracted considerable attention during the Manafort trial for his frequent sparring with the attorneys — particularly those on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team.
Earlier Friday morning, Ellis acknowledged facing pushback about how he’s handled this case. He told attorneys “I’m no stranger to criticism,” but said “this case has brought it to a new level.”
The juror motion itself was filed by multiple news organizations – the Washington Post, New York Times, AP, CNN, NBC, Politico and BuzzFeed. They sought to unseal records in the case, including information about the jurors.
Look, if this guy comes out with a story like “I was walking home and some guy pulled me into the bushes and held a gun to my head and told me he’d kill me if I didn’t stop insulting Paul Manafort’s ostrich jacket” I would think he was lying, but it would at least be like, okay, let’s investigate that.
The fact that a grown man – a man in an allegedly respected public office – is whining publicly about messages on the internet is a disgrace.