Secondly, I've been receiving
over the past. Two to three days.
Emails. Concerning a social media
post by Mr. Griffin commenting upon.
Witnesses, testimony, and.
Quality of the investigation by the state.
And in an it appeared on my
Twitter feed this morning.
Mr. Griffin. Is this part
of your defense strategy or?
Your Honor, all I did was
retweet an article that was
published in the Washington Post.
I didn't put any comment.
I didn't make any statement.
I just retweeted the article
that's in the newspaper.
That's all I did.
And we had an NBA player
who retweeted an article.
Professional basketball player
who retweeted an article.
That resulted in him being suspended
from the NBA for about 10 days and.
And cost them about $10 million in salary.
So, retweeting. This is the same as.
For the sum as as as if you.
Your tweet, it appeared
out. Didn't know that well.
I mean, I'm not a Twitter friend of yours.
She just appeared on my under Twitter.
First thing up this morning was you.
You know, we had the lawyer who had
a similar name to a person with a
similar name to our lawyer witness,
and it was someone else by the same name.
And your interest?
In the your instance it's your
name and your picture so.
Retweet the article,
no question about it. Yeah,
I've been reviewing Rule
3.6 regarding that and.
Whereas. The rule does not
specifically state that the
lawyers are prohibited from.
Criticizing. Witnesses.
During the course of the
trial or commenting on.
A case that they're
actively participating in,
I think it goes against the
spirit of of the law.
Of the rule,
and it doesn't pass the field test,
so that's.
To quote Judge Kinard
didn't pass the field test,
so you should not post.
Or repost anything that. Would give.
Me or the general public,
or hopefully never land in
the hand of a juror. Who?
You know. The jurors were instructed
not to discuss the case and.
Obviously that did not extend to
the lawyer's lawyers, but I it.
It's not a good practice and.
It could easily.
Lead to modification of our
rules that might specifically
address something like that, so.
I'll leave it at that.
And your Honor, I will not retweet
anything. Or tweet anything during
this trial is over. Yes, Sir.