Prospective Trump jurors reveal what they think about the former president: ‘He speaks his mind’
NY Post
Donald Trump’s lawyer Todd Blanche on Tuesday attempted to probe potential jurors at his New York hush money trial about their political leanings — and find out what they really think of the former president.
Two people out of the group of 18 prospects said they admired that Trump speaks his mind as they were questioned by Blanche during the second day of jury selection in Manhattan Supreme Court.
“I mean, he speaks his mind, come on, what can you say about that?” one woman said, adding that she also wants “to say some things to people but my momma said be nice.”
Another woman said while she tries to avoid politics she appreciates that “President Trump speaks his mind and I’d rather that than someone who’s in office who you don’t know what they’re thinking.”
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Blanche was grilling the group as part of “voir dire” when both prosecutors and defense attorneys can ask questions as they try to whittle down the panel to a group of jurors they believe will be fair. Each side had 30 minutes of questioning before the next phase of selection.
