CNN Panel on OAN Retracting Story of Cohen-Stormy Daniels Affair: ‘It Will Get to the Jurors; People Hear Things’

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JACKSON: “So without question, so the law and then the practicality on, right? The law is the judge obviously instructs the jury repeatedly, right. You’re not to talk about it. You’re not to listen to any news reports. You’re to disregard anything and everything until or unless you come into the courtroom and it’s out of the mouths of witnesses. And so, the essence of any trial is to focus on the merits of testimony. That’s the legal reality. The practical reality is you cant un-ring a rung bell. The reality is people , right? I mean, they hear things and no matter what the judge says, you should disregard. And then there’s the other problem, Erin. If you then pull the jury and say, hey, did you hear about the story? Now you’re infecting them with information they may not be cognizant of. So they — the judge has to be very careful if it’s brought up of how to resolve the issue. But at the end of the day, the case should be about what happens in the courtroom and nothing.”