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Evening Report — Day 3 of jury selection in Trump hush money trial

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19.04.2024
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Evening Report

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Day 3 of jury selection in Trump hush money trial

All 12 jurors and one alternate have been seated in Trump's hush money trial on day three of jury selection. Five alternates are still needed. Trump is accused of paying adult film actor Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election to keep quiet after she alleged they had an affair in 2006.

The jury will be made up of 12 people and six alternates, and as of Tuesday, seven jurors had been selected. During today's questioning, two of those jurors were dismissed, one for expressing concern over her ability to be impartial and the other for allegedly lying on their jury questionnaire.

But late Thursday afternoon, the final seven jurors, as well as one alternate, had been selected.

Another batch of 96 jurors were brought in Thursday morning to be vetted. But half were dismissed for indicating they couldn't be impartial, and another nine were dismissed for yet-unknown reasons, leaving 39 potential jurors from this batch.

Other jury selection highlights:

  • One prospective juror showed admiration for Trump, saying “[h]e was our president. Pretty amazing. He was a businessman in New York. He forged his way. He kind of made history…I’m impressed with that."

  • Another said Trump is “very selfish and self-serving.”

  • There are multiple lawyers among Thursday's batch.

  • A woman amongst the pool said she has heard positive things about Trump as a person, but “[h]ow I feel about him as a president is different.”

  • A woman who was dismissed said Trump "looked less orange" in person.

  • A man from Italy was excused after he indicated the Italian media had “really strong associations” with Trump and Silvio Berlusconi, a former Italian prime minister and media tycoon.

  • One man said he still had a flip phone, didn't listen to podcasts and his “only” sources of news are the New York Post and New York Daily News.

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