Trey Gowdy inside court: Judge is reminding the jury they pledged they could be fair

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Judge is reminding the jury they pledged they could be fair. This is a point the defense attorneys should have hammered hard in their closing. Appeal to higher ideals, higher virtues. Appeal to fairness and justice though the heavens fall - especially in a case with such a polarizing defendant.

-- Trey Gowdy, “Sunday Night in America” host and former federal prosecutor