By the lunch break, 13 potential jurors had been dismissed from the jury pool. At least one potential juror was dismissed after the judge raised questions about ownership of one of the companies at issue in the trial. It wasn’t clear what company the potential juror owned. Another potential juror was dismissed shortly after mentioning he had a 30-year friendship with Rev. Al Sharpton and was a former journalist, in response to a question about whether he or someone else had been a member of a group that lobbies or take positions on law-enforcement issues. One potential juror said she was a friend of David Tepper, the head of Appaloosa Management LP. She remains in the jury pool. [WSJ]
Al Sharpton
Rajaratnam Jury Selection Says Friends Of David Tepper: Good, Friends Of Al Sharpton: Not So Good
By Bess Levin
It’s a pretty well-known fact that Lloyd Blankfein, unlike some of his other colleagues on the Wall Street, was not born a little rich boy. Because before he knew Street life, LB knew street life, lower-case ‘s,’ having grown up in the projects in Brooklyn. Apparently Al Sharpton was not aware of Lloyd’s bio, which is why when he saw the Goldman CEO at Obama’s speech yesterday, he smirked to himself at thought, “Look at him, out of touch fat cat. He doesn’t know what it’s like for people who don’t take home a unit a year, let alone what it’s like to be dirt poor.” Wrong, Reverend! I’d tell him to check thyself, but it looks like Lloyd’s got it covered. Politics Daily reports: Continue reading »
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