E. Jean Carroll’s lawyers tried to exclude the man, who listened to podcasts by the provocateur Tim Pool. He remained on the jury that found the ex-president liable.
Updated 7:22 p.m. ET
During the trial of E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit against President Donald J. Trump, lawyers fought a behind-the-scenes battle over whether to dismiss a juror who listened to an extreme right-wing podcast, court papers that were unsealed on Wednesday revealed.
The juror, a 31-year-old man who said he had lived in the Bronx for all his life, said during jury selection on April 25 that he tended to avoid news but listened to “independent” podcasts “every now and then” and listed one example.
The original transcription inaccurately captured the podcast’s title as “Temple.” But lawyers for Ms. Carroll, the writer who filed the lawsuit accusing Mr. Trump of rape, later learned through news reports that the anonymous juror, identified only as Juror 77, had actually said he listened to Tim Pool.
Mr. Pool’s YouTube channel includes dozens of recordings that push hard-right views. His podcast, which has been criticized as a vector for conspiracy theories, is called “The Culture War.”
Ms. Carroll’s lawyers asked the judge to question the juror further “to assess potential bias,” according to their motion to dismiss him.
During that confidential questioning on April 27, Juror 77 said that Mr. Pool “is like middle,” adding that the podcaster “gets different political figures or just celebrities like that,...
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