NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s history-making criminal trial is set to start Monday with a simple but extraordinary procedural step that is vital to American democracy. A group of regular citizens — Trump’s peers, in the eyes of the law — will be chosen to decide whether the former president of the United States
Donald Trump’s history-making criminal trial is set to start Monday with a simple but extraordinary procedural step that is vital to American democracy
Seven men and five women have been chosen to sit on the jury in the
The Donald Trump hush money trial moves on to Day Two, as 12 jurors will be selected from hundreds of New Yorkers. However, the process could extend beyond this week as many jurors were already dismissed from the case.
The jury for Trump's criminal case has been decided after a lengthy screening process for potential bias either for or against Trump.
"We Have Our Jury": All 12 Jurors Seated For Trump Trial Update (1705ET): All 12 jurors have been selected for Trump's NY hush money trial following the dismissal of two people earlier in the day. Former President Donald Trump gestures as he returns from a recess in his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on April 18, 2024. (Brendan McDermid/Pool/AFP via Getty Images) As part of the...
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 ...
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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....
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NEW YORK (Reuters) -The judge in Donald Trump's trial dismissed dozens of potential New York City jurors on Monday who said they could not fairly decide whether the 2024 Republican presidential candidate illegally covered up a hush money payment to a porn star. On the first day of the historic criminal trial, the first to involve a former U.S. president, Justice Juan Merchan told nearly 100 prospective jurors they must set aside any biases or personal attitudes about the defendant or the case,...