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‘Alt-right’ Twitter troll’s election interference trial postponed after anti-hate watchdog obtains ‘private’ emails
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.
@jjmacnab Now I'm curious about what's in the messages and why they would cause the expert to withdraw. My suspicion is they incriminate the witness in some way.
@Coctaanatis Which would have been a gold mine for the prosecutors cross-examining that witness.
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.