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The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Ron DeSantis offers ‘asylum’ to holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy trial

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Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference at Florida International University in Miami, Florida, on 26 August. Photograph: Cristóbal Herrera/EPA

Ron DeSantis, Florida’s governor, has offered the unidentified holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy trial “asylum” in the state if he comes under harassment after reports that he once faced a criminal charge for alleged domestic violence and is under an active restraining order.

DeSantis accused the media of launching a smear campaign against the juror. “If the juror is being harassed, Florida will provide asylum – I’m sure he’d be welcomed and appreciated,” DeSantis wrote on social media.

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