'We are tired from the weekend. Can we come back after the holiday?'

we all slept off and on during the trial...we are going to have to ask you to re-do it please. PS...juror #6 got a bag of rubles instead of cash like the other jurors...can she exchange those sometime today?

the notes aren't because there is 1 holdout juror...

And create a mistrial.

jury selection interviews.

And from what ex- prosecutors have said, the prosecutors in the next trial have mountains of evidence. Manafort is not promising himself recovery on a nice tropical island afterward.

are pretty good at detecting that and working around it. Maybe they even do some sort of background checks? Not sure.

and god knows 45 and the right wing will use it like crazy to try to completely shut down the entire Meuller investigation.

any possible jury tampering or failure to avoid the news?

If so, I hope not. The longer the jury is out the stronger the defense position when making deals as the prosecution is less and less sure of how many counts they can get a conviction on and the more it looks like a possible hung jury.