Last week, Justice Juan Merchan pulled off an impressive feat in the New York Supreme Court’s criminal division: He finished empaneling 18 jurors in the first-ever criminal trial of a former president. This was not easy. Donald Trump’s first criminal trial—of the four he faces in the coming months—concerns 34 counts of falsifying business records, […]
The jury for Trump's criminal case has been decided after a lengthy screening process for potential bias either for or against Trump.
A full jury has been selected for former President Donald Trump's trial for allegedly covering up a sex scandal. New York Justice Juan Merchan seated the 12-member jury Thursday afternoon after having to dismiss two of the jurors earlier in the day. The judge immediately brought in another group of people to be considered as potential alternate jurors. Six alternate jurors are still required.ALSO READ: A criminologist explains why keeping Trump from the White House is all that matters ...
The challenge to secure jurors for Donald Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan bumbled further on Thursday morning after two jurors were excused—one after prosecutors questioned their truthfulness and another, an oncology nurse, who expressed concerns that the media had effectively outed her. The latter dismissal follows several media reports that featured biographical information about selected jurors. Fox […]
Jury selection was completed Friday in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial, with six alternates now picked in addition to the 12-person regular jury. Selection got off to a slow start Monday, picked up on Tuesday with the seating of seven jurors, shrunk to five on Thursday morning but then ended the day with the full regular jury and one alternate. The completion of the jury on Friday clears the way for opening statements on Monday. After those statements, prosecutors in Manhattan District...
Jury selection in the first-ever criminal trial of a former US president has moved briskly, with the judge suggesting opening statements could begin Monday. On Tuesday, after just a day and a half of jury selection, seven people from Manhattan were selected to judge the evidence in the New York case against former President Donald Trump. Thursday, attorneys will pick up with a pool of nearly 100 jurors and begin questioning them until they seat a total of 12 jurors and as many as six alternates....
After two days of jury selection in his first criminal trial, Donald Trump is expressing some confusion about the selection process. He complained Wednesday on Truth Social that he thought that "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." Putting aside the offbeat capitalization and venue grousing, let’s clear up the rules that anyone sitting in a...
The Manhattan trial of Donald Trump on "hush money" charges drew hundreds of minutes of TV obsession this week. The pro-Biden media is now enjoying talking about a “split screen” of Trump stuck in court on trial, President Biden on the campaign trail. ABC morning host Michael Strahan reported on Trump “test[ing] the patience of the judge while President Biden hits the campaign trails in a battleground state.” Meanwhile, the impeachment of Homeland Security Mayorkas was briefly covered and...
A New York judge hailed a woman with a criminal record for working through her emotions and telling her personal story in open court Friday during jury selection for the hush money trial of former President Donald Trump.
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. Donald Trump was back in a New York City court today, as jury selection continued into day three of his criminal hush-money trial. The judge now says they have selected 12 jurors and one alternate, who will decide the fate of the former president in this historic criminal trial. Donald Trump is facing up to four years in […]
Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner was struck by the "unusual" rapidity and method with which Judge Juan Merchan built out a jury in former President Donald Trump's criminal hush payment case in Manhattan — and in a newly released video, outlined what he believed it meant."We are knee-deep in jury selection in that New York courtroom in which Donald Trump is being tried in the first of his four criminal cases," he opened on his "Justice Matters" series.So far, a number of jurors have...
Criminal defense attorney and former contestant on “The Apprentice” Stacy Schneider speaks with CNN’s Jake Tapper about former President Donald Trump’s rhetoric now that a jury has been selected for his upcoming hush money trial.