[danielf]

Originally Posted by Hugh

marty, again stating the obvious, but it was the defense lawyers* calling for a mis-trial, stating that the tweet was 100% correct - they have provided no evidence for that statement (unless I missed something).

Actually, the bit from The Huffington Post is ambiguous:

But the tweet led to eight defence counsel calling on Judge Gerald Clifton to discharge the jury before it delivered verdicts after investigations revealed Griffin's comment to be a "100% accurate" reflection of its deliberations so far.

It's not clear at all who did the investigation and who made the claim about 100% accuracy.