Seven jurors were decided and sworn in as former President Donald Trump’s landmark secret cash case continued Tuesday in Manhattan.
The second day of Donald Trump’s hush money criminal case has ended in Manhattan. Today, seven jurors were decided and sworn in. Here’s what we know about them. A total of 12 jurors will be chosen, in addition to six alternates.
The hearing is closed every Wednesday and will resume Thursday morning at 9:30 a. m. At that point, the variety of the jury will continue with a momentary organization of 96 possible jurors.
Former President Donald Trump spoke to the media after a long day of hearings.
“We will continue our fight against this judge, we believe that he is totally in conflict,” he told reporters, referring to Judge Juan Merchan.
“He [Merchan] is doing everything he can for the Democrats. This is a Biden-inspired witch hunt, and it has come to an end. And it’s going to be over very quickly,” Trump said.
The former president added that they were going through a difficult time with the New York state system.
A seventh jury decided and took the oath.
The hearing was adjourned for the day and will resume Thursday at 9:30 a. m. At that time, the formation of the jury will continue with a second organization of 96 potential jurors.
Former President Donald Trump criticized his secret trial, it all came out of the “Biden White House. “
Trump spoke to the media on his way to the Manhattan courthouse for the second day of his felon trial and said he would instead be on his way to crusade. Trump will have to be physically present in court for the duration of this trial because he is a felon. case.
Meanwhile, President Biden began his three-day crusade through Pennsylvania with a stop this morning in his hometown of Scranton.
However, Trump said he would continue to campaign outdoors during the court’s long hours. He will meet with Polish President Andrzej Duda for dinner at Trump Tower in New York, Bloomberg reports. The court will not meet on Wednesdays for the duration of the secret trial.
Tonight, Trump is also expected to go to a Hamilton Heights warehouse after the closing of the court, which will take position later than planned today. In 2022, a warehouse worker stabbed a man, in what the government called self-defense. The incident, however, sparked a backlash against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who dismissed the murder charge.
Trump is expected to meet at the winery with the owner, the president of the New York Young Republican Club and others, according to WPIX.
Another jury on the panel of six recused themselves on professional grounds.
“As much as I would like to serve New York and one of our presidents,” the jury said.
Lawyers now deal with the 3 jurors in the box.
The remaining six jurors of the first were cross-examined.
Two were fired. One of them said that they might not be fair and impartial. The other is a medical director who worried that judgment would clash with his paintings while performing surgeries.
Another potential juror proves that he works in real estate and knows other people who know Trump. However, he says that wouldn’t influence his thinking. He also replied that he had read Trump’s book, The Art of the Deal. He hasn’t been fired at this time.
Who has been sworn in as a juror in the Trump hush money case?
This afternoon, seven more people were sworn in as jurors. Here’s what we know about them:
Seat 1: Resident of West Harlem, Ireland. This juror works in sales, in the past worked as a waiter and went to college. He is married and has no children. Some of its news resources come from the New York Times, the Daily Mail, Fox News, and MSNBC.
Seat 2: Upper East Side resident, New York native. She is an oncology nurse in a giant hospital, married and has no children. Its news resources come from the New York Times (NYT), CNN, and Google.
Seat 3: Resident of Chelsea, grew up in Oregon. This juror has been an attorney for five years in corporate law. She is married and has no children. Some data sources include: NYT, WSJ, Google.
Seat 4: Upper East Side resident, born in Puerto Rico. This juror has worked in IT education and consulting for 10 years and has been married for “a long time. “He has one son and two grandchildren. Participates in non-profit organizations; He doesn’t know if he reached a verdict in the civil trial, he was a juror a long time ago. Some news resources include: Daily News, NYT, Google, X.
Seat 5: Harlem resident. This jury has been an instructor for 8 years, in the past it was postulated on juvenile delinquency. He never married or had children. Data sources include: TikTok, Google, pop culture-like podcasts. The mother and godfather are retired from the police.
Seat 6: Chelsea resident, native New York. This juror is a software engineer, married, and has no children.
Seat 7: Resident of the Upper East Side, North Carolina. This juror is an attorney and civil litigator. I have one son and two sons. News resources include: NYT, WSJ, New York Post, and Washington Post.
The ruling asks the defense team to verify that all the media they have access to are “public. “The defense verifies this.
A new jury has now been assembled in the courtroom. The judge will excuse them and ask them to come back Thursday morning.
Now six jurors are being sworn in.
The jury members chosen include: a computer scientist, an English teacher, an oncology nurse, a sales professional, a software engineer and a corporate lawyer, according to the Associated Press.
The organization asked to return to court on Monday morning and told him not to speak about the case.
Six more jurors and six alternates are still needed.
Another panel of 96 potential jurors will now be convened. The hearing is expected to be held after 4:30 p. m. today.
Six other potential jurors who have already been chosen will soon appear in court. Sentencing requires the panel to be sworn in today and return on Thursday. There is no hearing on Wednesdays.
The jury confirms that this is his story.
She says it’s possible the post came from Instagram, but she doesn’t forget to post it like she did several years ago. He says he no longer posts on social media, saying the policy is too “scathing. “
He explains that he can be independent and base his resolution in this case on facts, even if he disagrees politically with Trump.
She left the room.
The defence’s challenge to good cause was dismissed.
Three jurors took their seats.
Trump’s lawyer, Todd Blanche, is now challenging a potential juror over a post that reads, “Trump invites Thai children to the White House and the children ask to return to their cave. “
That jury is now in the courtroom.
The ruling dismisses a potential juror for cause.
The prospective juror showed him his Facebook page and said he was promoting the Yettons to raise funds for PACs and grassroots organizations driving the vote, but said he didn’t make a profit for any specific party.
He also said he couldn’t forget if he had seen the video in question, simply thinking it was from a “funny” account. He reiterates that his opinion of Trump has no effect on his ability to appear in court. .
Merchan said he doesn’t have a problem with the messages themselves, but combined with some of the answers given, the trial has a hard time “crediting” some of the jury’s responses.
A fourth potential juror is now being called in to examine several messages that the defense has classified as anti-Trump.
One of them says, “Are you going to beat Trump in 2024?It helps fund local groups. “
There’s also the publication yesterday of an article about jurors, in which he told his friends, “I have to come back tomorrow” after asking if he had been chosen, saying he couldn’t communicate about the case.
Blanche said the jury refused to share his views with the court.
Positions related to the husband of a potential third juror were also examined, but that user was not excused. The judge decided that in the end it was a joke, but not in a very good mood, but felt that the user can simply be independent and fair.
Judge Merchan attacks the second jury for good cause.
This aspiring juror shared messages that “take him out” and “lock him up. “
Juror number 2 was brought into the courtroom. He showed it was his social media account, but says he doesn’t post it, saying it was years ago.
However, the trial says the messages show that this user has obviously expressed a preference for Trump to be jailed.
Judge Juan Merchan refused to excuse the prospective juror for good cause.
Merchan says she doesn’t need a juror to openly oppose Trump, and says she believes the potential juror can be fair and impartial, as she claims.
The prosecution also argued that the Facebook video didn’t mean the potential juror simply wasn’t fair. Our team at the courthouse was unable to see the video that was released.
“Jury number one is denied,” Merchan told Blanche. The defense has now moved on to the potential jury.
The prospective juror, whose social media posts are in question, entered the courtroom.
Merchan said Trump was obviously audible at the time and was gesturing to the jury. The ruling said it would not tolerate such behavior, allowing witnesses to be intimidated.
Trump’s lawyer, Todd Blanche, whispered to his client.
The future juror demonstrated this in her Facebook post and acknowledges that there is “bias,” but she doesn’t think it affects her ability to be fair and impartial.
She said the video is “just a moment from a birthday party in New York. “
Judge Merchan responds to “hostile” messages by saying “show me your bias. “
The ruling asked Trump’s lawyer, Todd Blanche, to post the video on social media so it could be seen in context. Merchan asks how to verify that this account belongs to the jury.
Trump’s legal team reiterates that the video is “clearly an anti-Trump event. “Merchan agreed that there is enough to allow the defense to cross-examine the jury.
The prosecution disagrees and claims that it is a user who is filming other people celebrating the election results.
Trump turns out to be shaking his head.
Trump’s lawyer, Todd Blanche, begins by questioning social media posts from several jurors that he says contradict the answers they gave in court.
He publishes “hostile” posts on Facebook through a jury to celebrate the effects of the 2020 presidential election.
Good morning, it’s 2:15 p. m. in New York and the second day of former President Donald Trump’s secret cash affair resumes with jury selection. Trump returned to the courtroom a few minutes ago.
Before lunch, both sides addressed potential jurors to hear their perspectives and impartiality. Now, the prosecution and defense will begin their moves opposite to potential jurors; Both parties have a total of 10 moves for the entire selection process. After that, six other potential jurors will be interviewed.
A handful of jurors were fired this morning for saying they couldn’t be fair and independent or for scheduling conflicts.
Katherine Fung, Newsweek’s senior reporter, is in court.
Trump returned to the courtroom after speaking briefly with his aide Jason Miller. There are still six jurors left in the hearing to review, the ruling says.
You will take a lunch break and resume at 2:15 p. m.
The panel of jurors left the courtroom, accompanied by Judge Merchan.
Trump also left the courtroom as lawyers talked about jury strikes.
Two juries how former President Donald Trump spoke.
One said she “appreciates” Trump speaking his mind, saying she prefers him to other officials who “don’t know what they’re doing. “
Aher said Trump could simply be “judged” for speaking his mind.
“He stirs the pot, he says what he thinks,” another potential juror told Blanche. “You can’t judge him because he says what he thinks. “
A juror told Trump’s lawyer, Todd Blanche, that he found his consumer “fascinating. “
“He [Trump] walks into a room and provokes people, one way or another. And I find that interesting,” he explained.
Trump smiled and laughed in response.
Another juror said he was a big fan of The Apprentice as a kid. The former president looks up at the jury stand as the astonishment continues.
Trump’s lawyer, Todd Blanche, is now addressing potential jurors. Blanche explains that she would like their fairness and impartiality.
There are no “wrong” answers, Blanche says, “your opinion of President Trump matters. “
He asks potential jurors for their opinion on Trump beyond this case and on his social media.
When asked about his emotions toward Trump, a juror told Blanche, “If we were sitting in a bar, I’d be happy to tell you. “The jury went on to say that his emotions were irrelevant to the case, calling it “apples and apples. “oranges. “
Former President Donald Trump signed a document waiving his right to be presented in the sidebars, Judge Juan Merchan confirmed.
Merchan said “yes,” that’s Trump’s signature, and “yes,” he told his lawyers.
The court has resumed its work and the jury-making procedure is resuming.
Each potential juror answers 42 questions designed to determine whether they can be fair and impartial.
More than 500 New Yorkers are expected to fill out questionnaires about their political ideals before choosing 12 of them, along with six exchange juries. The procedure takes one to two weeks.
Here’s what prospective jurors are asked to ask (several questions have follow-ups that are included below):
JURY QUESTIONNAIRE
Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass ended his remarks to jurors.
They will now take a 10-minute break.
Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass addresses the jury.
“Let’s communicate the obvious,” he said. The defendant is a former president or a candidate for this office. “Steinglass explained that these are jurors who in this case can simply distinguish strong political emotions.
“This case has nothing to do with his private politics,” he said, adding that “it’s not a referendum” on Trump’s presidency. “This case is about whether this guy broke the law. “
He also addressed the amount of exposure surrounding the case and asked for assurances that potential jurors can keep an open mind.
“Everyone, even their mother,” has an opinion about this case and the right outcome, she said, no matter how informed she is.
Attorneys now deal with prospective jurors and communicate with them for about 30 minutes each. What they say is evidence.
Kara McGee is one of the many jurors who were dismissed this morning.
McGee had scheduling conflicts with his work. He spoke to reporters outside the courtroom Tuesday morning and shared his perspectives on Trump and the case.
“I don’t like it,” he said, McGee. No I approve of what he did as president, but the right to a fair trial is incredibly important. “
Trump smiled and nodded when a would-be juror said he had some of his books.
The man, who lives in Battery Park City, said he read The Art of Trump’s Deal, along with a few others. He also said he followed Trump on X, formerly Twitter, while he was president.
These two questions are among the questions in the jury’s questionnaire.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is demanding that former President Donald Trump pay “the maximum fine” for social media posts, which he says violate the gag order imposed by Judge Juan Merchan.
Prosecutors filed a brief Tuesday, arguing that Trump be held in contempt of court. Prosecutors are asking for the maximum monetary penalty for violations: $1,000 for each post. There are 3 in question.
Prosecutors have also said Trump faces 30 days in prison for upcoming violations. Merchan has set a hearing on the matter for Tuesday, April 23.
Trump tested each and every juror who entered or exited the stage, according to a reporter with the group. The first presiding judge makes a judgment on the revisions of the jury questionnaire while prospective jurors respond to the circular of questions.
Meanwhile, some other jurors were excused because of a labor dispute.
Former President Donald Trump leads President Joe Biden in five of the six swing states that could potentially win the 2024 election, according to a poll.
An Echelon Insights poll of about 2,400 registered voters conducted on behalf of the conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation.
Trump is ahead of Biden in every state, according to the poll:
Biden leads Trump in Wisconsin, but by a single point (47% to 46%). In 2020, Biden won all six states to defeat Trump.
Today, Biden returns to his home in Scranton, Pennsylvania, kicking off three days of statewide campaigning. Meanwhile, Trump is stuck in court over his secret Manhattan cash offender case.
Speaking to the media this morning, the former president criticized the case, saying it all “came from the Biden White House. “Trump pointed to polls on how the electorate feels about the trial and said he would instead be on the path of a crusade.
It’s 10:30 a a. m. ET m. in Manhattan, where the lengthy jury proceedings continue.
The first 3 potential jurors were fired this morning, two for saying they might not be fair and impartial, and one for saying the “strain” of the trial would clash with their work.
A fourth juror is now being questioned.
Alina Habba’s role in former President Donald Trump’s legal process is changing.
Habba, who represented Trump as the lead representative in the defamation lawsuit against E. Jean Carroll, remains one of the former president’s leading voices, but this time he pulls his bullhorn out of the courtroom.
Billed as Trump’s “legal spokesperson,” Habba said Monday on The Benny Show, a politically conservative podcast, that she can’t represent Trump in his felon case because she doesn’t practice that kind of law, but that her absence from the courtroom provides her with the opportunity to get her message across through other platforms.
“My intention, for the next six weeks, is simply to spit out the fact and give other people facts that they might not possibly hear while he’s in court,” he said.
“The truth of the matter is that we are living in a very troubled time as a country,” he said. “I think that’s why the growth, that’s why we see those demonstrations in Pennsylvania, other people passing out on a Saturday. “In the evening and instead of going out to dinner with their friends, they would go to a rally and they were sure that this country is rarely very transitory and falls apart completely for their children and grandchildren.
The first prospective juror of the day excused himself by saying that he might just not be impartial.
Working in the world of finance and accounting, many other people tend to “be Republicans,” the Merchan candidate said. Although he explained that it may simply be impartial, there may be some bias.
The ruling now calls into question the next potential juror.
These two jurors are in court.
Merchan says they probably won’t be excused if they’re late, but they’ll be placed at the jury hearing to likely be called to the second round. Both are replaced in the box.
Trump is seated between lawyers Todd Blanche and Emil Bove.
Judge Juan Merchán took his seat and apologized for the delay in the start. The court is waiting for potential jurors.
One juror excused himself due to flu-like symptoms. Trump’s team has asked that two more jurors be fired for delay, but Merchan must wait.
Donald Trump is now in the courtroom.
The former president spoke to the media as he walked through the Manhattan courthouse shortly before 9:30 a. m. ET.
“This is a trial that has never happened,” Trump told reporters, saying he is now on the path of the crusade.
“This is all coming from the Biden White House . . . Voters, you just have to take a look at the ballot boxes. “
He asked Judge Juan Merchán to recuse himself.
Trump arrived in the courtroom on time, at 9:30 a. m. M. , winking at one of the officers and asking “how are you,” according to the press group.
Now he’s talking to one of his lawyers.
Prosecutors have already entered the courtroom, Newsweek’s Katherine Fung reports.
The hearing is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a. m. ET.
Judge Juan Merchan is scheduled to hold a hearing with Sandoval this morning before the jury variety proceeding continues. A Sandoval hearing establishes the scope of former President Donald Trump’s cross-examination, who deserves to testify.
Former President Donald Trump has said he will “absolutely” testify in his secret trial, what does his legal team think?
Trump’s lawyer, Will Scharf, said it depended on how the trial went, but that the former president would be a “very compelling” witness, adding that his testimony would show he had “done nothing wrong. “
“I think it’s going to be a question for President Trump and the trial team, depending on how the trial goes,” Scharf said Tuesday in an interview with CNN.
“Obviously, the defendant has any and all rights to speak in his own defense, but he also has the right not to, and the prosecution is not authorized to check for the jury to draw conclusions based on a resolution one way or another. “
Former President Donald Trump criticized the trial as he prepared for the second day of his hush money case.
“MY TRIAL IS AN ASSAULT ON AMERICA!” Trump posted on Truth Social on Tuesday morning.
He pointed to the silence imposed through Judge Juan Merchán. On Monday, prosecutors filed a motion to sanction Trump for social media posts that it says violate its gag order.
“This adverse judge, Trump Hating Judge, wouldn’t possibly let me answer to other people who lie on TV and spit hate all day long. This puts pressure on my lawyers and my legal team. New York’s formula of “justice” is being decimated. Reviews from all over the world I need to talk, or at least be able to respond. Rigged and unconstitutional trial!
Prosecutors asked Trump for a $1,000 fine for one of the three possible violations. Judge Merchan announced that he would hear arguments in this case on Tuesday, April 23 at 9:30 a. m.
Former President Donald Trump arrived at the Manhattan courthouse for the day of his secret criminal trial.
The second day of former President Donald Trump’s secret trial will begin in about 30 minutes.
Jury selection, so far:
The jury variety began Monday afternoon.
The first organization of 96 jurors entered the courtroom today and was sworn in. More than 50 of them were temporarily fired for saying they may not be fair and impartial. A handful of others were excused when asked if there was any other explanation why. They may just not work. These reasons for explanation were not disclosed.
More than 500 New Yorkers were asked to fill out questionnaires about their political ideals before 12 of them were chosen, along with six exchange juries. The procedure takes one to two weeks.
What questions are asked of long-term jurors?
Each prospective juror will answer 42 questions designed to weed out other people who can’t be impartial. According to a letter sent to suggest through Judge Merchan, some of those issues include:
The trial is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a. m. Katherine Fung, senior reporter for Newsweek, stands in the courtroom.
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