Denis Collins (March 17, 1949 – November 7, 2021) was an American journalist who wrote for The Washington Post, the San Jose Mercury News and the Miami Herald He was juror #9 in the trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Jr., relating to the Plame affair, and was the first juror to comment publicly about the trial.
[3] As reported in CNN Newsroom, and subsequently on Larry King Live, and by various other television networks, including MSNBC (on Scarborough Country), and as he elaborated later in his HuffPo article, Collins said, "[H]he and fellow jurors found that passing judgment on Libby was 'unpleasant.'
'"[1][3][4] A couple of days later, on March 9, 2007, in his article entitled "My Fifteen Minutes, All Because of Scooter", published in The Washington Post, he elaborated further about his experience as a juror in the Libby trial, reporting that, in the "green room" for Larry King Live, when he had a conversation with Matthew Cooper, who asked him why the jury acquitted Libby on count three (second charge of making false statements to federal investigators involving Cooper's testimony), Collins did not reveal that he himself "was the primary voice defending Libby on that charge".
As I walked into that studio, I was delighted to see my fellow juror Ann Redington on "Hard Ball With Chris Matthews".
I felt as though I'd received my own pardon.... At the end of my bit, I told the interviewer I was quitting showbiz and passing the torch to Ann.... What I didn't know was that Jon Stewart would soon make fun of me on "The Daily Show."...