Takeaways from the day a jury was selected to decide Donald Trump’s fate in the hush money trial
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Jury selection in Donald Trump’s hush money business fraud case began Thursday looking like the task of finding 12 jurors had run aground.
Jury selection in Donald Trump’s hush money business fraud case began Thursday looking like the task of finding 12 jurors had run aground. Two of the seven initial jurors who were seated Tuesday were excused. Judge Juan Merchan’s hopes to begin the trial on Monday with opening arguments appeared to be dwindling fast. By the end of the day, the jury in the first criminal trial of a former president in US history had been seated. Only five alternates are left to be selected on Friday. It’s also clear the trial will be a bumpy one. The Manhattan district attorney’s office, for instance, said it won’t let the defense know who its first witnesses are to prevent Trump from posting on social media about them. A hearing over what prosecutors can say about Trump’s legal history is also likely on Friday. Here are the takeaways from Thursday’s topsy turvy jury selection in Trump’s criminal trial:
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Former President Donald Trump will make his foray back onto the campaign trail Wednesday for the first time since his New York criminal hush money trial began in earnest last month. Trump will spend his one allotted weekday out of the courtroom to host rallies in Wisconsin and Michigan, two critical battleground states he won in 2016 and then lost in 2020.