I think he tried to sell the idea of jury duty way too hard - posting it repeatedly on IG, on YT, showing the electrical tape-ridden paper, etc. Too coincidental, IMHO, to align with the opening of DL and his not traveling there for that.
I also never heard of showing up after lunch (i.e. 1 p.m.) for a check-in time for JD. It's always early morning - 7:30, 8 a.m. If you have to go through voir dire, they'll usually break for lunch around 12 and then you come back at 1 p.m. to continue. I cannot see why they'd start another potential round of juror selection in the afternoon and so close to end of business day.
There's something fishy about the entire thing.