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Judge Rejects Request To Question Clinton, Ventura
Jump to full article: NBC4 (Washington, DC), 2003-09-16
Intro: An initial group of 75 potential jurors will be examined Wednesday in the trial of a North Carolina tobacco farmer, over a March standoff on the National Mall that caused days of traffic jams.
Dwight Watson is charged with making a false threat to use explosives and destruction of government property. . . .
That included several warnings against trying to use the trial as a platform for Watson's grievances. Watson claims federal tobacco policies ruined his family. . . . The judge also rejected Watson's list of potential witnesses to be subpoenaed, including former President Clinton and former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura.
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