'Dox the Jurors': Trump fans on a mission to make those who convicted him 'miserable'

With former President Donald Trump convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records this week, his furious supporters are trying to expose the identities of the people who did it.

According to NBC News, "Advance Democracy, a non-profit that conducts public interest research, said there has been a high volume of social media posts containing violent rhetoric targeting New York Judge Juan Merchan and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, including a post with Bragg’s purported home address. The group also found posts of the purported addresses of jurors on a fringe internet message board known for pro-Trump content and harassing and violent posts, although it is unclear if any actual jurors had been correctly identified."

One user reportedly posted, "Dox the Jurors. Dox them now." Another wrote, “We need to identify each juror. Then make them miserable. Maybe even suicidal.”

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"The posts, which have been reviewed by NBC News, appear on many of the same websites used by Trump supporters to organize for violence ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol," said the report. "These forums were hotbeds of threats inspired by Trump’s lies about the 2020 election, which he lost, and that the voting system was 'rigged' against him. They now feature new threats echoing Trump’s rhetoric and false claims about the hush money trial, including that the judicial system is now 'rigged' against him."

There is no indication that the jury did not give Trump a fair trial. Indeed, Trump's team complained about the jury pool from the get-go, but was given ample opportunity to strike jurors they considered to be biased.

Anticipating the risk of this exact scenario, Judge Juan Merchan, the jurist presiding over the case, made the privacy of jurors an utmost priority. He also set a strict gag order that prohibited Trump from attacking witnesses, certain court officers, and their families, which he later found Trump in contempt for violating.

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