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Totally unrelated case:

“Whatever your opinion is on Mr. Musk, Twitter or Tesla, can you set it aside in the sense that you will judge the defendant based solely, emphasize solely, on the evidence produced in this trial and the law as I give it to you?” U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer asked the prospective jury pool.
...More than a third of the initial jury pool indicated they could not serve impartially and were dismissed by the judge. Others were questioned by the parties about the answers they provided to the court, indicating a strongly held negative opinion of Musk.

Stephen Broome of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, an attorney for Musk, raised concerns with Breyer following jury screening that the court was “desensitized” to how improper it would be to seat jurors who expressed extreme dislike for the defendant. He claimed that if Musk was any other defendant, a juror who said “I hate that guy and he has no moral compass” would be dismissed.

Breyer pushed back, saying that the case was not like any other because Musk is a well-known public figure akin to a United States president, and jurors are allowed to have personal views on public figures.

“He is a public figure, and as a public figure, he will excite views, strong views. The question is whether or not they can set them aside,” said Breyer, a Bill Clinton appointee presiding over the trial.

https://www.courthousenews.com/conte...akeover-trial/

LOL. The man is so despised it's hard to even assemble an impartial jury to convict him.