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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 4837538" data-attributes="member: 12952">[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9488919/Derek-Chauvin-trial-judge-blasts-abhorrent-Rep-Maxine-Waters.html[/URL]<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Derek Chauvin&#039;s defense attorney Eric Nelson called for a mistrial after the jury retired on Monday </li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">He cited Rep Maxine Waters&#039; comments on the case as he argued that there was no way the jury could be unbiased given constant media coverage </li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">&#039;Now that we have US representatives threatening acts of violence in relation to this trial it’s frankly mind-blowing,&#039; Nelson said</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Judge Peter Cahill replied: &#039;I grant you Congresswoman Waters may have handed you grounds for appeal and the turning over of this trial&#039;</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">But Cahill refused to grant a mistrial and adjourned the court until the jury comes back with a verdict </li>
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[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 4837538, member: 12952"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9488919/Derek-Chauvin-trial-judge-blasts-abhorrent-Rep-Maxine-Waters.html[/URL] [LIST] [*][B]Derek Chauvin's defense attorney Eric Nelson called for a mistrial after the jury retired on Monday [/B] [*][B]He cited Rep Maxine Waters' comments on the case as he argued that there was no way the jury could be unbiased given constant media coverage [/B] [*][B]'Now that we have US representatives threatening acts of violence in relation to this trial it’s frankly mind-blowing,' Nelson said[/B] [*][B]Judge Peter Cahill replied: 'I grant you Congresswoman Waters may have handed you grounds for appeal and the turning over of this trial'[/B] [*][B]But Cahill refused to grant a mistrial and adjourned the court until the jury comes back with a verdict [/B] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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