‘Alt-right’ Twitter troll’s election interference trial postponed after anti-hate watchdog obtains ‘private’ emails
The article doesn't question how the reporter "obtained" private emails or whether it's a problem to use them to pressure a witness into backing out of a trial.
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It may seem counterintuitive, but doxing a defense expert witness right before the trial harms the prosecution's case.
When the defense puts up a flawed witness, the prosecutors can impeach that witness on the stand, destroying his credibility
in front of the jury.