By the way, how on earth did Manafort end up with ten charges against him declared a mistrial rather than a conviction? Not surprisingly, there was one juror who held out on the claim of Reasonable Doubt. But, the evidence was so overwhelming that the defense did not even offer a defense. What were they going to do, offer character witnesses? From where? Ukraine? Russia? They just said the prosecution didn't prove their case to the level of overcoming Reasonable Doubt. Eleven jurors did not have Reasonable Doubt.
I am afraid there are two possible explanations for that juror. First, that she was an avid Trump supporter and didn't want his campaign manager convicted of crimes and thus damaging her beloved president. Or, second, very wealthy and dangerous men (Manafort or Trump) got to her with money or threats.
I could be wrong. She may just have had a very strong predeliction about what Reasonable Doubt means. I hope, for the sake of her Soul, that it is the innocent explanation that is true.
Let's just say that I have Reasonable Doubt that she wasn't compromised.
