We have our jury. Lets pick our alternates, Merchan announced, pushing the process forward. One alternate was then selected; five more are needed.

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Oops, that sounds bad, the woman joked when faced with the first of her posts, which she said she did not recall writing. She agreed they were strong sentiments, and understood the defense attorneys concerns.

I do feel that I was in a disturbed frame of mind during that election cycle. I was very concerned. I do not hold those positions today, she said. The woman said earlier that since the COVID-19 pandemic, her views on politics have tempered. At my core believe that everybody is entitled a fair trial we can all be accused of things, she said.

Merchan agreed it would be best not to \"take a chance\" on her, although he said it was a \"close call.\" Other jurors who have been struck so far include the lawyer who said she has discussed the case extensively with her colleagues, a woman with a child who works on Capitol Hill and a woman who said she once stayed at Necheles house around 15 years ago.","source":"","title":"Juror Struck For Vitriolic Anti-Trump Social Media Posts","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e84","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","bio":{"text":"Sara Boboltz is a reporter for HuffPost based in New York City. She can be reached at sara.boboltz@huffingtonpost.com.","microText":"Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"sara_bee"},"urlName":{"text":"sara-boboltz","transliterated":"sara-boboltz"},"profileUrl":{"name":"5c112f45240000ff008c49ce","ops":"","ext":"jpg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"7efa2b24-4b6d-3ed4-9577-ccdb5b94ca9d","alias":"hp-us-sara-boboltz","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"e2c788e0-e657-3145-89f1-772e9073363a","br":"7dd4b59a-cd13-359c-8e48-55156aad035d","ca":"4b4ed2d2-0cc0-3fec-9a12-613c7d4cbdf8","es":"72574f0c-0913-3237-b4f8-82577b2e0f6d","fr":"fa37297f-6053-37d5-8459-b3ce0d49e249","gr":"47d4405e-50d2-33a9-a8e7-5aa0ae78b17f","in":"52202395-5771-3b1b-bd72-aa237dbb4992","it":"8030b39b-266e-3b42-bb91-366fa3c17acb","jp":"f96d018f-a655-3e2c-a7d2-e9bef0418928","kr":"901d3b5d-c732-3638-9753-c24462e9f959","qc":"e7550854-9b8c-3448-8811-d6a30489d80d","uk":"1b2d589c-ea9a-3877-875c-b904885588c9"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2024-04-18T20:36:12.506Z","lastPublishedAt":"2024-04-18T20:36:12.506Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"Apr 18, 2024, 4:36 PM EDT"},"social":{"image":{"name":"662184352300005b0088ea3b","ops":"","ext":"jpg"}},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"default-entry.jpg","type":"hectorUrl"},"credit":"","ops":""},"textWrap":"wrapped","imagePositionInUnit":null,"imagePositionInSubUnit":null,"authors":[{"authorData":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","slug":"sara-boboltz","headshot":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5c112f45240000ff008c49ce.jpg","queryParams":{},"width":400,"height":400,"credit":"","ops":""},"socialAccounts":{},"title":"","links":{"permalink":"https://action.news/author/sara-boboltz"}}}],"isLiveblogSlide":false},"provider":null},{"embedData":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/default-entry.jpg","queryParams":{},"credit":""},"type":"image","common":{"id":"662180afe4b01006be160b74","caption":"

• The jury is set. A total of 12 people have been chosen to serve on Trump's jury. Several alternate jurors have been selected, and it appears likely that opening statements will begin Monday.
• Two empaneled jurors were removed from the jury: One who had doubts about her ability to be impartial, and another who was accused of lying on their questionnaire. An additional two were added to replace them.
• Its cold in the courtroom. Nobodys happy about it, including Trump who audibly complained about freezing on Thursday. Trumps lawyer requested it be adjusted just one degree, but an apologetic Merchan said the room is better slightly chilly than sweltering, so the thermostat remains untouched.
• Prosecutors accused Trump of violating a gag order 7 more times, bringing the total to 10. Merchan scheduled a hearing on the matter for next Tuesday.
• If there is time today after alternate juror selection, Merchan said he would hold what is known as a Sandoval hearing. It's a common process in which the prosecutors will ask permission to tell jurors about Trump's past legal troubles.

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“I’m born and raised in Brooklyn and New York, and I’ve kind of spent my whole life knowing about Donald Trump. I once saw him and Marla Maples shopping at ABC Homes, shopping for baby stuff. I had a cousin who lived in Trump Tower,” she said. Maples is the mother of Trump's younger daughter, Tiffany.

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Overruled, Merchan said when an attorney from Trumps team tried to object, allowing Steinglass to continue.

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The man, who declined to give a name, nodded affirmatively when a New York Times reporter asked if he thought he could be unbiased, and said nope when asked if he thought he should have been dismissed.

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The juror, who said that he was born and raised in Italy, expressed he has very strong associations between Mr. Trump and Silvio Berlusconi, a comparison he added has been amplified by the Italian media. The man said such a comparison would make it difficult for him to be fair and impartial.

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Merchan concedes that it is indeed cold in the room but doesn't want to adjust the thermostat, which is apparently not very precise and could overcorrect.

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After a lengthy discussion with Merchan and attorneys for both sides, the juror whose questionnaire response was thought to be untruthful was dismissed. It is not clear whether the dismissal came as a result of the questionnaire or as a result of the mans apparent annoyance at the media attention he has received, or for a different reason. A woman was dismissed in the morning after changing her mind about her ability to remain unbiased; she also cited the media attention she has received.","source":"","title":"Another Juror Is Excused, Leaving Just 5","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e84","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","bio":{"text":"Sara Boboltz is a reporter for HuffPost based in New York City. She can be reached at sara.boboltz@huffingtonpost.com.","microText":"Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"sara_bee"},"urlName":{"text":"sara-boboltz","transliterated":"sara-boboltz"},"profileUrl":{"name":"5c112f45240000ff008c49ce","ops":"","ext":"jpg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"7efa2b24-4b6d-3ed4-9577-ccdb5b94ca9d","alias":"hp-us-sara-boboltz","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"e2c788e0-e657-3145-89f1-772e9073363a","br":"7dd4b59a-cd13-359c-8e48-55156aad035d","ca":"4b4ed2d2-0cc0-3fec-9a12-613c7d4cbdf8","es":"72574f0c-0913-3237-b4f8-82577b2e0f6d","fr":"fa37297f-6053-37d5-8459-b3ce0d49e249","gr":"47d4405e-50d2-33a9-a8e7-5aa0ae78b17f","in":"52202395-5771-3b1b-bd72-aa237dbb4992","it":"8030b39b-266e-3b42-bb91-366fa3c17acb","jp":"f96d018f-a655-3e2c-a7d2-e9bef0418928","kr":"901d3b5d-c732-3638-9753-c24462e9f959","qc":"e7550854-9b8c-3448-8811-d6a30489d80d","uk":"1b2d589c-ea9a-3877-875c-b904885588c9"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2024-04-18T16:26:57.8Z","lastPublishedAt":"2024-04-18T16:26:57.8Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"Apr 18, 2024, 12:26 PM EDT"},"social":{"image":{"name":"662149c52200003100fc6f67","ops":"","ext":"jpg"}},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"default-entry.jpg","type":"hectorUrl"},"credit":"","ops":""},"textWrap":"wrapped","imagePositionInUnit":null,"imagePositionInSubUnit":null,"authors":[{"authorData":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","slug":"sara-boboltz","headshot":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5c112f45240000ff008c49ce.jpg","queryParams":{},"width":400,"height":400,"credit":"","ops":""},"socialAccounts":{},"title":"","links":{"permalink":"https://action.news/author/sara-boboltz"}}}],"isLiveblogSlide":false},"provider":null},{"embedData":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/default-entry.jpg","queryParams":{},"credit":""},"type":"image","common":{"id":"66214671e4b01006be15ef24","caption":"A man chosen as a juror but whose truthfulness had since been called into question was led into the courtroom to face questioning, which could not be overheard by reporters.

Prosecutors said earlier in the day that they believed the mans wife had once been arrested in the 1990s suggesting that the juror may have lied on question 19, about knowing anybody who had been arrested or charged with a crime.

He had arrived late to court so could not be questioned immediately. The man appeared animated as he spoke with attorneys for both sides in front of Merchan, who remained stern. Something the juror said prompted laughter. Merchan ordered the juror's responses be sealed, saying the information he shared was very personal and he was already surprised by how much information had been shared about him.

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One was a lawyer who said she has discussed the details of the hush money case extensively with her boss and colleagues, in addition to having read a book published by an attorney who worked on the case, Mark Pomerantz. She said somewhat reluctantly that she could still be fair and impartial.

A middle-aged native New Yorker said he liked seeing the Yankees and the Rangers play and that he only ever read the New York Daily News and the New York Post. He said he still uses a flip phone, therefore I do not watch any podcasts.

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Dismissed Trump juror tells MSNBC of her impression of the ex-president:

"You know, he looked less orange, definitely like more yellowish, like yellow." pic.twitter.com/q1DZyWaEX7

— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) April 18, 2024

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\"You know, he looked less orange, definitely like more yellowish, like yellow, said the juror, only identified as Kat.

She added that he didnt look as angry as she thought he might be.

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Dismissed Trump juror tells MSNBC of her impression of the ex-president:

"You know, he looked less orange, definitely like more yellowish, like yellow." pic.twitter.com/q1DZyWaEX7

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NBC News: Trump is using his phone in the courtroom, openly flouting the rules of the courtroom. Blanche just told him to stop and Trump tucked the phone in his pocket while looking annoyed. @MSNBC

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 18, 2024

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NBC News: Trump is using his phone in the courtroom, openly flouting the rules of the courtroom. Blanche just told him to stop and Trump tucked the phone in his pocket while looking annoyed. @MSNBC

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 18, 2024

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• Trump did not answer reporters questions as he made his way into the courtroom.
• One of the jurors already selected to sit on the panel said she no longer wanted to take part in the proceeding, citing concerns over her personal information being made public.
• In response to the jurors concerns, the judge ordered that jurors employment be redacted from the record and asked the press to not report that information.
• Prosecutors want Trump to be disciplined for repeatedly violating his gag order, but Merchan said he would speak to that next week.

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It's been previously reported that Melania Trump was furious when the news of the payment to Stormy Daniels came out in 2018.

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Among the cases prosecutors want to bring into the trial are Trumps recent civil fraud case and the defamation cases brought by the writer E. Jean Carroll, which resulted in $464 million and $88 million judgments levied against him, respectively. They also want to bring up the case in which the Trump Organization was found to have dodged taxes by providing executives like ex-CFO Allen Weisselberg non-cash compensation, and a case where Trump's charity was found to have misused donations.

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I thought STRIKES were supposed to be 'unlimited' when we were picking our jury? I was then told we only had 10, not nearly enough when we were purposely given the 2nd Worst Venue in the Country,\" Trump wrote. \"Dont worry, we have the First Worst also, as the Witch Hunt continues! ELECTION INTERFERENCE!

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“I thought STRIKES were supposed to be 'unlimited' when we were picking our jury? I was then told we only had 10, not nearly enough when we were purposely given the 2nd Worst Venue in the Country,\" Trump wrote. \"Don’t worry, we have the First Worst also, as the Witch Hunt continues! ELECTION INTERFERENCE!”

While each side can object as much as they like, in theory, to a juror’s ability to be fair and impartial in the case and allow the judge to make the final call, they only have a set number of passes to wield without having to explain themselves. The prosecution team also has 10 preemptory strikes, and the same rules apply. If the attorneys were allowed unlimited strikes, jury selection might never end.","credit":"Getty Images","height":5760,"width":8640,"ops":""},"textWrap":"wrapped","imagePositionInUnit":null,"imagePositionInSubUnit":null,"authors":[{"authorData":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","slug":"sara-boboltz","headshot":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5c112f45240000ff008c49ce.jpg","queryParams":{},"width":400,"height":400,"credit":"","ops":""},"socialAccounts":{},"title":"","links":{"permalink":"https://action.news/author/sara-boboltz"}}}],"isLiveblogSlide":false},"provider":null},{"embedData":" ","type":"embed","common":{"id":"661facd8e4b0256906b70681","caption":"Trump stopped by a bodega in Harlem after day two of his criminal trial Tuesday to keep up his campaigning as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

His campaign chose the location because it had been the site of a violent attack on an employee in 2022 that resulted in public criticism of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

Trump is trying to push a message blaming President Joe Biden for crime. FBI statistics show that violent crime has dropped nationally in 2023.

Speaking to reporters outside the bodega over chanting and cheers from a small crowd that had gathered, Trump took the opportunity to repeat familiar talking points and criticize Judge Merchan.

\"There's never been a judge as conflicted as this. And also there's no crime. You know where the crime is? In the bodegas, where they come and rob them every week,\" Trump said.

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• Seven jurors have been seated with five more to go (and six alternates) in a process thats become a bit of a slog. Trumps attorneys combed through prospective jurors social media posts and those of their family members, at one point calling out a bad political joke from 2016.
  
  
• One such juror was dismissed for sharing a video of celebration in the streets after Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election.
  
  
• Another juror was dismissed for celebrating when Trumps travel ban targeting Muslim-majority countries was deemed unlawful.
  
  
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• Court will not be in session Wednesday but will resume Thursday.

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Merchan said he hopes to select six alternate jurors in addition to the 12 selected to be on the panel.

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The man in question is a married creative director who likes to hike and cook, and said Monday that he had no strong feelings about Trump or how he was being treated in this case.

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The woman posted about the cheers, celebratory honking and block parties that consumed parts of New York City once the call was made. Blanche described it as extraordinarily hostile. Steinglass called the problem with the jurors social media posts ridiculous.

I think I went to move the car to alternate side parking or something like that, and there were people dancing in the street and stuff, the juror said when brought in for individual questioning. It reminded me of the 7 p.m. cheer which we did with my kids for a very long time out on the fire escape.

She said it seemed like part of history, and affirmed for Merchan that she could remain fair and unbiased in the trial. The potential juror in question works in education and has lived in upper Manhattan for around seven years with her husband, two kids and a dog. She said she enjoys sewing and gets her news from a variety of sources including USA Today, HuffPost and CNN.

The judge declined to dismiss the juror for cause. She provided what I believe were reasonable explanations for both [posts], he said.","source":"","title":"Potential Juror Questioned Over Facebook Posts From 2020 Election","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e84","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","bio":{"text":"Sara Boboltz is a reporter for HuffPost based in New York City. She can be reached at sara.boboltz@huffingtonpost.com.","microText":"Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"sara_bee"},"urlName":{"text":"sara-boboltz","transliterated":"sara-boboltz"},"profileUrl":{"name":"5c112f45240000ff008c49ce","ops":"","ext":"jpg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"7efa2b24-4b6d-3ed4-9577-ccdb5b94ca9d","alias":"hp-us-sara-boboltz","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"e2c788e0-e657-3145-89f1-772e9073363a","br":"7dd4b59a-cd13-359c-8e48-55156aad035d","ca":"4b4ed2d2-0cc0-3fec-9a12-613c7d4cbdf8","es":"72574f0c-0913-3237-b4f8-82577b2e0f6d","fr":"fa37297f-6053-37d5-8459-b3ce0d49e249","gr":"47d4405e-50d2-33a9-a8e7-5aa0ae78b17f","in":"52202395-5771-3b1b-bd72-aa237dbb4992","it":"8030b39b-266e-3b42-bb91-366fa3c17acb","jp":"f96d018f-a655-3e2c-a7d2-e9bef0418928","kr":"901d3b5d-c732-3638-9753-c24462e9f959","qc":"e7550854-9b8c-3448-8811-d6a30489d80d","uk":"1b2d589c-ea9a-3877-875c-b904885588c9"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2024-04-16T18:46:47.799Z","lastPublishedAt":"2024-04-16T18:46:47.799Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"Apr 16, 2024, 2:46 PM EDT"},"social":{"image":{"name":"661ec64d2200008a23fc6d93","ops":"","ext":"jpg"}},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"default-entry.jpg","type":"hectorUrl"},"credit":"","ops":""},"textWrap":"wrapped","imagePositionInUnit":null,"imagePositionInSubUnit":null,"authors":[{"authorData":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","slug":"sara-boboltz","headshot":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5c112f45240000ff008c49ce.jpg","queryParams":{},"width":400,"height":400,"credit":"","ops":""},"socialAccounts":{},"title":"","links":{"permalink":"https://action.news/author/sara-boboltz"}}}],"isLiveblogSlide":false},"provider":null},{"embedData":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/default-entry.jpg","queryParams":{},"credit":""},"type":"image","common":{"id":"661ec36de4b015646f79682d","caption":"Court has resumed after an hour-long lunch break. Jury selection continued with Trump's attorney Todd Blanche accusing one juror of having a series of extraordinarily hostile Facebook posts.

Blanche took particular umbrage at a video the juror posted on Election Day 2020, depicting the juror joining in a mass celebration after Biden won.

Merchan agrees that the video does appear to be an anti-Trump event and has called the juror in for questioning.","source":"","title":"Were Back","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e73","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e72","fullName":"Ryan Grenoble","bio":{"text":"Ryan is a national reporter at HuffPost -- one of few who have the good fortune to work from the site's Denver office.","microText":"National Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"@g_nobes"},"urlName":{"text":"ryan-grenoble","transliterated":"ryan-grenoble"},"profileUrl":{"name":"5dd86429210000aa7e34dd10","ops":"","ext":"jpeg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"7a11bc72-a5d9-3674-ac29-922ace8e49f7","alias":"hp-us-ryan-grenoble","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"9c9a1d5d-c977-33a3-be34-67398ee831c0","br":"ad857a2f-5bc2-3cb3-9b62-b8ac389b52d0","ca":"abe1372b-8b5a-36eb-a924-bb663c963498","es":"e5586339-4ae5-3243-99bb-8a09ca426ad9","fr":"5fcc5a37-1fc5-3cf7-b126-f2e7f896e73f","in":"aeb8d49b-421d-3bd9-8f26-48ff1526b417","it":"107e2037-b9f7-3b41-ab7c-27990e727629","jp":"f11d3746-7205-354e-b22e-94f521218555","kr":"cf38c56e-8849-309b-927a-73097dc93184","qc":"6855aedf-1ad1-31b3-8ce1-94e440265713","uk":"f4d08e3f-808c-3f4c-9f28-48906d3f9964"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2024-04-16T18:37:50.031Z","lastPublishedAt":"2024-04-16T18:37:50.031Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"Apr 16, 2024, 2:37 PM EDT"},"social":{"image":{"name":"661ec3b0230000370088e7f1","ops":"","ext":"jpg"}},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"default-entry.jpg","type":"hectorUrl"},"credit":"","ops":""},"textWrap":"wrapped","imagePositionInUnit":null,"imagePositionInSubUnit":null,"authors":[{"authorData":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e73","fullName":"Ryan Grenoble","slug":"ryan-grenoble","headshot":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5dd86429210000aa7e34dd10.jpeg","queryParams":{},"width":400,"height":400,"credit":"","ops":""},"socialAccounts":{},"title":"","links":{"permalink":"https://action.news/author/ryan-grenoble"}}}],"isLiveblogSlide":false},"provider":null},{"embedData":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/default-entry.jpg","queryParams":{},"credit":""},"type":"image","common":{"id":"661eb002e4b046441aa31d1c","caption":"Trump attorney Todd Blanche pressed nearly every potential juror on their opinion of Trump, who appeared interested in all of their responses from his spot in the courtroom.

One woman, a grandmother who has lived on the Lower East Side for over 50 years, said she probably agreed with very little of Trumps politics, but has had decent conversations with people who support Trump.

I didnt sleep last night thinking, could I really do this? Its just so important, she said.

One potential juror said that her social media accounts are centered around her love of sports rather than news and politics. Another, an oncology nurse, said she didnt really have an opinion on Trump. Im here for my civic duty, she said.

One man said that he had a lot of friends in law enforcement that are fairly pro-Trump but that he did not personally follow national politics very much. That perspective was echoed by another prospect, an attorney, who said he probably has more opinions on local politics than politics at the national level. Another man appeared to stump Blanche when he said he found Trump fascinating and mysterious.

\"He walks into a room and he sets people off one way or another,\" the juror said. \"I find that really interesting. Really, this one guy can do all of this? Wow, thats what I think.\"","source":"","title":"Potential Jurors Have Mixed, Mild Politics","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e84","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","bio":{"text":"Sara Boboltz is a reporter for HuffPost based in New York City. She can be reached at sara.boboltz@huffingtonpost.com.","microText":"Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"sara_bee"},"urlName":{"text":"sara-boboltz","transliterated":"sara-boboltz"},"profileUrl":{"name":"5c112f45240000ff008c49ce","ops":"","ext":"jpg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"7efa2b24-4b6d-3ed4-9577-ccdb5b94ca9d","alias":"hp-us-sara-boboltz","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"e2c788e0-e657-3145-89f1-772e9073363a","br":"7dd4b59a-cd13-359c-8e48-55156aad035d","ca":"4b4ed2d2-0cc0-3fec-9a12-613c7d4cbdf8","es":"72574f0c-0913-3237-b4f8-82577b2e0f6d","fr":"fa37297f-6053-37d5-8459-b3ce0d49e249","gr":"47d4405e-50d2-33a9-a8e7-5aa0ae78b17f","in":"52202395-5771-3b1b-bd72-aa237dbb4992","it":"8030b39b-266e-3b42-bb91-366fa3c17acb","jp":"f96d018f-a655-3e2c-a7d2-e9bef0418928","kr":"901d3b5d-c732-3638-9753-c24462e9f959","qc":"e7550854-9b8c-3448-8811-d6a30489d80d","uk":"1b2d589c-ea9a-3877-875c-b904885588c9"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2024-04-16T17:07:46.61Z","lastPublishedAt":"2024-04-16T17:31:04.225Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"Apr 16, 2024, 1:07 PM EDT"},"social":{"image":{"name":"661eb5d3230000b823bc3ec3","ops":"","ext":"jpg"}},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"default-entry.jpg","type":"hectorUrl"},"credit":"","ops":""},"textWrap":"wrapped","imagePositionInUnit":null,"imagePositionInSubUnit":null,"authors":[{"authorData":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","slug":"sara-boboltz","headshot":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5c112f45240000ff008c49ce.jpg","queryParams":{},"width":400,"height":400,"credit":"","ops":""},"socialAccounts":{},"title":"","links":{"permalink":"https://action.news/author/sara-boboltz"}}}],"isLiveblogSlide":false},"provider":null},{"embedData":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/661eb5f62200005900fc6d88.jpeg","queryParams":{},"width":5000,"height":3333,"credit":""},"type":"image","common":{"id":"661eada9e4b0d6337657c246","caption":"Kara McGee, a woman who was dismissed from the prospective jury pool for job-related reasons, told MSNBC it was jarring to see Trump in person.

She estimated she was seated around 30 feet from the former president all day on Monday.

\"I had never seen him in person before, you know,\" she said. \"And you see someone blown up so larger than life on the media for so many years, to see them in person is very jarring.\"

She added: You get the sense that this is just another guy. And also he sees me talking about him, which is bizarre.

McGee said that when she received her summons, she had no idea it would be for the Trump hush-money trial.

And then I get here yesterday and theres a massive line and Trump protesters and counter-protesters and our holding room had something like 250 people in it, so I assumed that was it.

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She estimated she was seated around 30 feet from the former president all day on Monday.

\"I had never seen him in person before, you know,\" she said. \"And you see someone blown up so larger than life on the media for so many years, to see them in person is very jarring.\"

She added: “You get the sense that this is just another guy. And also he sees me talking about him, which is bizarre.”

McGee said that when she received her summons, she had no idea it would be for the Trump hush-money trial.

“And then I get here yesterday and there’s a massive line and Trump protesters and counter-protesters … and our holding room had something like 250 people in it, so I assumed that was it.”

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One of them, a middle aged bookseller, went back and forth with him when asked whether he could judge Trump in a fair and impartial manner.

What I think of President Trump outside of this room has nothing to do with what goes on inside this room, the potential juror said.

What is your view of Trump? Blanche asked.

Thats what Im saying, is my view doesnt matter, the jury prospect responded.

If were sitting at a bar? Blanche asked.

Then Id be happy to tell you. But what I feel about President Trump is not important or imperative, the man said.

He volunteered the fact that he is a Democrat which the attorneys are not allowed to ask and emphasized strongly that he believed he could compartmentalize.","source":"","title":"Trump Attorney Spars With Potential Juror Over His Political Views","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"AP","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e84","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","bio":{"text":"Sara Boboltz is a reporter for HuffPost based in New York City. She can be reached at sara.boboltz@huffingtonpost.com.","microText":"Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"sara_bee"},"urlName":{"text":"sara-boboltz","transliterated":"sara-boboltz"},"profileUrl":{"name":"5c112f45240000ff008c49ce","ops":"","ext":"jpg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"7efa2b24-4b6d-3ed4-9577-ccdb5b94ca9d","alias":"hp-us-sara-boboltz","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"e2c788e0-e657-3145-89f1-772e9073363a","br":"7dd4b59a-cd13-359c-8e48-55156aad035d","ca":"4b4ed2d2-0cc0-3fec-9a12-613c7d4cbdf8","es":"72574f0c-0913-3237-b4f8-82577b2e0f6d","fr":"fa37297f-6053-37d5-8459-b3ce0d49e249","gr":"47d4405e-50d2-33a9-a8e7-5aa0ae78b17f","in":"52202395-5771-3b1b-bd72-aa237dbb4992","it":"8030b39b-266e-3b42-bb91-366fa3c17acb","jp":"f96d018f-a655-3e2c-a7d2-e9bef0418928","kr":"901d3b5d-c732-3638-9753-c24462e9f959","qc":"e7550854-9b8c-3448-8811-d6a30489d80d","uk":"1b2d589c-ea9a-3877-875c-b904885588c9"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2024-04-16T16:55:05.059Z","lastPublishedAt":"2024-04-16T17:33:28.673Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"Apr 16, 2024, 12:55 PM EDT"},"flags":["includeImage"],"social":{"image":{"name":"661eb628230000be23bc3ec4","ops":"","ext":"jpg"}},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"661eb628230000be23bc3ec4.jpeg","type":"hectorUrl"},"caption":"“It’s extraordinarily important to President Trump to know that we’re going to get a fair shake,” Trump attorney Todd Blanche told the prospective jurors.

One of them, a middle aged bookseller, went back and forth with him when asked whether he could judge Trump in a fair and impartial manner.

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“What is your view of Trump?” Blanche asked.

“That’s what I’m saying, is my view doesn’t matter,” the jury prospect responded.

“If we’re sitting at a bar?” Blanche asked.

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He asked them to consider the example of a man who hired a hitman to kill his wife. The man would still be responsible for his wife's death even if he werent anywhere near the scene of the crime, Steinglass said.

While he spoke, Trump turned to his attorneys, who looked annoyed. Trump appeared alert during this stage of questioning, often craning his neck to look at the individual jurors who were responding to questions.

Steinglass also told the prospects they would be asked to determine the defendants intent. He noted that while he knows its impossible to see inside someones head, juries are charged with determining intent every day. One way they do so, he said, is to rely on commonsense clues to help you make this determination,\" such as \"the surrounding circumstances\" of the hush money payment and alleged cover-up.","source":"","title":"Prosecutors Hitman Analogy Appears To Irritate Trump Attorneys","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e84","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","bio":{"text":"Sara Boboltz is a reporter for HuffPost based in New York City. She can be reached at sara.boboltz@huffingtonpost.com.","microText":"Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"sara_bee"},"urlName":{"text":"sara-boboltz","transliterated":"sara-boboltz"},"profileUrl":{"name":"5c112f45240000ff008c49ce","ops":"","ext":"jpg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"7efa2b24-4b6d-3ed4-9577-ccdb5b94ca9d","alias":"hp-us-sara-boboltz","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"e2c788e0-e657-3145-89f1-772e9073363a","br":"7dd4b59a-cd13-359c-8e48-55156aad035d","ca":"4b4ed2d2-0cc0-3fec-9a12-613c7d4cbdf8","es":"72574f0c-0913-3237-b4f8-82577b2e0f6d","fr":"fa37297f-6053-37d5-8459-b3ce0d49e249","gr":"47d4405e-50d2-33a9-a8e7-5aa0ae78b17f","in":"52202395-5771-3b1b-bd72-aa237dbb4992","it":"8030b39b-266e-3b42-bb91-366fa3c17acb","jp":"f96d018f-a655-3e2c-a7d2-e9bef0418928","kr":"901d3b5d-c732-3638-9753-c24462e9f959","qc":"e7550854-9b8c-3448-8811-d6a30489d80d","uk":"1b2d589c-ea9a-3877-875c-b904885588c9"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2024-04-16T16:16:12.503Z","lastPublishedAt":"2024-04-16T16:55:33.071Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"Apr 16, 2024, 12:16 PM EDT"},"social":{"image":{"name":"661ea4462200008a23fc6d7c","ops":"","ext":"jpg"}},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"default-entry.jpg","type":"hectorUrl"},"credit":"","ops":""},"textWrap":"wrapped","imagePositionInUnit":null,"imagePositionInSubUnit":null,"authors":[{"authorData":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","slug":"sara-boboltz","headshot":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5c112f45240000ff008c49ce.jpg","queryParams":{},"width":400,"height":400,"credit":"","ops":""},"socialAccounts":{},"title":"","links":{"permalink":"https://action.news/author/sara-boboltz"}}}],"isLiveblogSlide":false},"provider":null},{"embedData":" ","type":"embed","common":{"id":"661ea2b1e4b0d6337657be17","caption":"Donald Trump attorney Alina Habba was criticized on social media after she made misleading complaints on Fox News about the first day of her clients hush money trial.

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The prospective juror, a father of an adult daughter, said he was originally from Boston and had run sales and revenue for a software company for around 25 years. Some of his current wifes family members lobby on behalf of the Republican Party, he said, adding that he used to follow Trump on Twitter when he was president.

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• Prosecutors want to see Trump held in contempt for violating a gag order by posting about witnesses on social media. Trump faces a potential fine of $3,000 for the trio of posts. A hearing on the matter has been scheduled for next Tuesday.
• No jurors have been selected yet, but the pool has narrowed drastically. More than half of the potential jurors self-excused yesterday on the basis that they could not be fair and impartial in the case.
• Trump complained to reporters yesterday about having to attend court every day, just like every other criminal defendant. In (potentially) related news, the former president may have fallen asleep during yesterdays proceedings.

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JUST IN: DA Bragg has filed his motion to hold Trump in contempt for recent Truth Social posts criticizing witnesses in the case https://t.co/7SJLJd3817

The filing: https://t.co/I9GgcaXep4 pic.twitter.com/DW0h3bScOy

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) April 16, 2024

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\"Defendant is not above the law, and he cannot simply disregard judicial orders that upset him,\" Bragg wrote. \"And both the public and the participants in the criminal trial deserve reassurance that the judicial system stands ready to protect them and to preserve the rule of law in the face of defendant's extreme and deliberate provocations.\"

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JUST IN: DA Bragg has filed his motion to hold Trump in contempt for recent Truth Social posts criticizing witnesses in the case https://t.co/7SJLJd3817

The filing: https://t.co/I9GgcaXep4 pic.twitter.com/DW0h3bScOy

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Following a massive selloff, #TruthSocial's parent, Trump Media, now says it's finally planning to launch a streaming platform
This was something it teased when it first was trying to raise money
It says it's finished building its own CDN (content delivery network) so it

— Sara Fischer (@sarafischer) April 16, 2024

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\"The streaming content is expected to focus on live TV including news networks, religious channels, family-friendly content including films and documentaries; and other content that has been cancelled, is at risk of cancellation, or is being suppressed on other platforms and services,\" reads a press release previewing the launch.

Despite the announcement of its new venture, the Florida-based company has struggled to find its footing as filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission showed it lost over $58 million last year.","source":"

Following a massive selloff, #TruthSocial's parent, Trump Media, now says it's finally planning to launch a streaming platform
This was something it teased when it first was trying to raise money
It says it's finished building its own CDN (content delivery network) so it

— Sara Fischer (@sarafischer) April 16, 2024

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This is political persecution, he steamed after arriving with a phalanx of lawyers and several senior aides, but without his wife or other family members. This is an assault on our country.\"

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This shows such great disdain and disrespect for our Nations Highest Court, especially for a topic so important as Presidential Immunity, without which our Country would never be the same! Trump posted.

Earlier in court, Merchan ruled that Trump could not miss court for the Supreme Court hearing.

Arguing before the Supreme Court is a big deal, and I can certainly appreciate why your client would want to be there, but a trial in New York Supreme Court is also a big deal, Merchan told Trumps lawyer.","source":"","title":"Trump Complains He Has To Miss SCOTUS Hearing Because Of Trial","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"Getty","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703b8e4b09499c4202dd9","userId":"557703b8e4b09499c4202dd8","fullName":"Lydia O'Connor","bio":{"text":"Lydia is a HuffPost senior reporter in her hometown of San Francisco and a graduate of the University of Southern California's Annenberg School of Journalism. She has worked at HuffPost since 2013, when she was selected for that year's class of editorial fellows. Now a senior reporter on the breaking news team, she covers reproductive rights, politics, the environment, media and all things California.","microText":"Senior Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"lydiaoconnor"},"tags":[{"id":"54bdcee5e4b066e7701b53ca","name":"Environment","slug":{"text":"environment","transliterated":"environment"},"relegenceSubjectId":979436},{"id":"54bdcee2e4b066e7701b5292","name":"Women","slug":{"text":"women","transliterated":"women"}}],"urlName":{"text":"lydia-oconnor","transliterated":"lydia-oconnor"},"profileUrl":{"name":"61733bec2100000f3d6fd958","ops":"","ext":"jpg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"500b0137-88e4-324d-9ed9-ca1a18dd50e4","alias":"hp-us-lydia-oconnor","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"386e4961-98b7-3544-841a-b144743ab8ec","br":"15b48cf5-af51-30f7-aa83-3c002d9cb6eb","ca":"c4d20219-6466-36c0-85f1-056172216c4d","es":"5049f39c-d3c4-36d9-be4c-fce64f01097c","gr":"3e9c02fb-8ac5-34d9-ab88-f8dc1cdb5c56","in":"bf64ee6e-dccc-39b7-8777-551b84c54894","jp":"2ce241bc-2dc7-39ac-9f65-73baeae75a51","kr":"298b1c29-9bcd-32fb-a68e-b501d2802048","qc":"a95f5f3e-183e-361d-b940-5703fd814b6e","uk":"1ca4ed7d-e71a-38d0-b6bf-01d351d31570"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2024-04-15T23:19:03.159Z","lastPublishedAt":"2024-04-15T23:19:03.159Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"Apr 15, 2024, 7:19 PM EDT"},"flags":["includeImage"],"social":{},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"661db4b72300008d2388e763.jpeg","type":"hectorUrl"},"caption":"Trump lamented on Truth Social that in addition to the trial’s schedule conflicting with his son’s high school graduation, it will also prevent him from attending next week’s U.S. Supreme Court’s hearing on his presidential immunity claims in another criminal case he’s facing.

“This shows such great disdain and disrespect for our Nation’s Highest Court, especially for a topic so important as Presidential Immunity, without which our Country would never be the same!” Trump posted.

Earlier in court, Merchan ruled that Trump could not miss court for the Supreme Court hearing.

“Arguing before the Supreme Court is a big deal, and I can certainly appreciate why your client would want to be there, but a trial in New York Supreme Court … is also a big deal,” Merchan told Trump’s lawyer.","credit":"Getty","height":3360,"width":5040,"ops":""},"textWrap":"wrapped","imagePositionInUnit":null,"imagePositionInSubUnit":null,"authors":[{"authorData":{"id":"557703b8e4b09499c4202dd9","fullName":"Lydia O'Connor","slug":"lydia-oconnor","headshot":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/61733bec2100000f3d6fd958.jpg","queryParams":{},"width":400,"height":400,"credit":"","ops":""},"socialAccounts":{},"title":"","links":{"permalink":"https://action.news/author/lydia-oconnor"}}}],"isLiveblogSlide":false},"provider":null},{"embedData":"

PRESIDENT TRUMP: "That I can't go to my son's graduation, or that I can't go to the United States Supreme Court. That I'm not in Georgia or Florida or North Carolina campaigning like I should be... This is about election interference." pic.twitter.com/SSfWxMUu7d

— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) April 15, 2024

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PRESIDENT TRUMP: "That I can't go to my son's graduation, or that I can't go to the United States Supreme Court. That I'm not in Georgia or Florida or North Carolina campaigning like I should be... This is about election interference." pic.twitter.com/SSfWxMUu7d

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• Jury selection in Trumps first criminal trial is ongoing, with more than half of the potential jurors self-excusing on the basis that they could not be fair and impartial in the case.
• No jurors were selected by the time court adjourned Monday. The process is set to resume Tuesday morning.
• Prosecutors want to see Trump fined $3,000 for a trio of social media posts they say violate a gag order, with subsequent violations potentially resulting in jail time. Judge Merchan scheduled a hearing on the matter for Tuesday, April 23.
• Trump cast the trial as a \"witch hunt\" and a \"scam\" as he exited the courtroom on Monday.

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Youre not safe in Alvin Braggs New York City.

Sadly, hes spending all of his time attacking President Trump rather than cleaning up his own streets. pic.twitter.com/RXabC5G8vw

— House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) April 15, 2024

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The GOP arm of the House Judiciary Committee shared a video on X, formerly Twitter, claiming Bragg is \"spending all of his time attacking President Trump rather than cleaning up his own streets.\"

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Youre not safe in Alvin Braggs New York City.

Sadly, hes spending all of his time attacking President Trump rather than cleaning up his own streets. pic.twitter.com/RXabC5G8vw

— House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) April 15, 2024

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Breaking: Trump departs for hush money trial pic.twitter.com/4N0YoRBp3C

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Breaking: Trump departs for hush money trial pic.twitter.com/4N0YoRBp3C

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Donald Trumps hush-money trial opens today in New York with jury selection. The scene outside the courthouse: a small battalion of reporters and three protestors pic.twitter.com/rc19hf4SXR

— Adrian Morrow (@AdrianMorrow) April 15, 2024

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Donald Trumps hush-money trial opens today in New York with jury selection. The scene outside the courthouse: a small battalion of reporters and three protestors pic.twitter.com/rc19hf4SXR

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