The seriousness of this incident cannot be overstated. It is not simply because the police suspected MSNBC was trying to take their pictures. If the jurors believed that they were being followed, it could add to their unease about voting in the case. jonathanturley.org/2021/11/18/msn…
MSNBC was the subject of an exceptionally rare ban from the courtroom of a high-profile case but it does not appear to have a headline on the development. Various media figures have reported that the network has not responded to calls for statements. 
...NBC just released a statement: “Last night, a freelancer received a traffic citation. While the traffic violation took place near the jury van, the freelancer never contacted or intended to contact the jurors during deliberations, and...
...never photographed or intended to photograph them. We regret the incident and will fully cooperate with the authorities on any investigation.”
......NBC's statement is confusing in one respect in starting with "while the traffic violation took place near the jury van." That suggests that it was a coincidence that the traffic accident occurred near the jury van.
It would be useful for NBC to deny the alleged statement of the freelancers that he was told to follow the jury bus. As stated earlier, following the bus is considered a serious breach even if there was no effort to photograph jurors.
...The fact that he is a freelancer is immaterial. News organizations often use freelancers and they are agents of that network. NBC goes out of its way to note that this person is a freelancer but not whether he was working freelance for NBC at the time.
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