This is the tweet that legal experts say could hurt prosecutors on the Sayfullo Saipov case. On Halloween night, Saipov hit and killed eight people with a rental truck in lower Manhattan. attorney Mark Zaid told TIME Lawyers may now have difficulty selecting jurors who have not been influenced by the president's statement. “The reason comments from presidents are particularly prejudicial is they are given national dissemination," so it’s often very difficult to find someone who is unaware of presidential comments,”
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