We still pretending the thing that’s happening isn’t happening?
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Trump’s lawyers scrutinize jurors’ social media: Trump’s side asked the judge to remove five jurors for cause, pointing to alleged anti-Trump social media posts and trying to argue that the jurors were unfairly biased against the former president. When the former president’s attorney Todd Blanche was questioning the jurors, he asked them one by one what they thought of Trump, outside of the case. He then tried to argue before the judge that many of the jurors’ answers that they didn’t have an opinion of Trump did not align with their social media. Judge Juan Merchan was generally skeptical but he did agree on two counts that the jurors should be struck. As for the three jurors Merchan did not strike: Trump’s side used its preemptory challenges to remove all of them anyway. After Tuesday, both Trump’s team and the district attorney’s office have four peremptory challenges left.
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Eric Adams, the mayor of New York, has been speaking with reporters outside the courthouse in lower Manhattan, where jury selection is continuing.
When asked if Trump could receive a fair trial in Manhattan, Adams, a Democrat, said New York was a “fair city”.
Susan Necheles, a Trump defence lawyer, is seeking to have a potential juror dismissed for cause after finding social media posts that apparently contradicted their statements on impartiality during jury selection.
Necheles cited a Facebook video in which the juror talked about being in a car “spreading the honking cheer” to celebrate Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election.
When the juror was called back into court by Judge Juan Merchan, she said the post was just a “New York celebratory moment”, adding that she could be relied on to remain impartial.
Judge Juan Merchan has granted a request by the defence to dismiss a second potential juror for cause after Facebook posts were unearthed showing he had called for Trump to be “locked up”.
Day 2 of Trump New York hush money trial
The second day of Donald Trump's hush money criminal trial concluded Tuesday with the selection of seven jurors. A panel of 12 New Yorkers and likely six alternates will ultimately be chosen.
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Trump’s lawyers scrutinize jurors’ social media: Trump’s side asked the judge to remove five jurors for cause, pointing to alleged anti-Trump social media posts and trying to argue that the jurors were unfairly biased against the former president. When the former president’s attorney Todd Blanche was questioning the jurors, he asked them one by one what they thought of Trump, outside of the case. He then tried to argue before the judge that many of the jurors’ answers that they didn’t have an opinion of Trump did not align with their social media. Judge Juan Merchan was generally skeptical but he did agree on two counts that the jurors should be struck. As for the three jurors Merchan did not strike: Trump’s side used its preemptory challenges to remove all of them anyway. After Tuesday, both Trump’s team and the district attorney’s office have four peremptory challenges left.
How the first two days of Trump’s trial unfolded
Former president was heard muttering during jury selection for the Stormy Daniels case
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Eric Adams, the mayor of New York, has been speaking with reporters outside the courthouse in lower Manhattan, where jury selection is continuing.
When asked if Trump could receive a fair trial in Manhattan, Adams, a Democrat, said New York was a “fair city”.
Susan Necheles, a Trump defence lawyer, is seeking to have a potential juror dismissed for cause after finding social media posts that apparently contradicted their statements on impartiality during jury selection.
Necheles cited a Facebook video in which the juror talked about being in a car “spreading the honking cheer” to celebrate Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election.
When the juror was called back into court by Judge Juan Merchan, she said the post was just a “New York celebratory moment”, adding that she could be relied on to remain impartial.
Judge Juan Merchan has granted a request by the defence to dismiss a second potential juror for cause after Facebook posts were unearthed showing he had called for Trump to be “locked up”.
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