Trump’s historic first criminal trial begins Monday with jury selection

The judgment against donald trumpthe first of a criminal nature in the history of U.S against a former president (2017-2021), begins tomorrow, Monday, with the selection of the jury, a moment that in other cases is a mere procedure but in this case already has a political charge.

Trump will speak out over irregular payments of US$130,000 to the porn actress Stormy Daniels buy her silence during the 2016 election campaign and not expose an extramarital relationship that the tycoon had with her in 2006, when he had not yet entered politics.

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The twelve members of the jury, as is customary in any judicial process, must demonstrate that they have literally no prejudices about the defendant or preconceived ideas that could cloud their verdict, something difficult with a personality as divisive as donald trump.

Adult film actress Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, speaks before the US Federal Court in Lower Manhattan, New York, on April 16, 2018. (Photo by EDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZ/AFP) (EDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZ/)

Jury selection can take up to two weeks, during which potential members must undergo scrutiny from the defense and the Public Prosecutor’s Office, which will investigate, for example, whether any of them participated as volunteers in campaigns for or against Trump, but also whether favor. It is more difficult to evaluate issues such as whether your feelings towards the defendant may influence your decisions.

The New York Times stated a few days ago that the Public Prosecutor’s Office prefers jurors with university education, who are presumed to have progressive views closer to the Democratic Partyand therefore more severe towards the former Republican president.

On the contrary, the defense will count on citizens from security forces such as the police and firefighters – where conservative sensibilities abound – and even cleaning workers, as well as people who have had some negative experience with the judicial system.

It is no coincidence that on March 28th, the same day that the Democratic Party met in New York for Joe Biden, Barack Obama It is Bill Clinton for a fundraiser, Trump will choose to combat them with his presence at the police officer’s funeral Jonathan Dillershot dead at close range in the umpteenth armed incident in the Big Apple.

In a city initially dissatisfied with Donald Trump – the Democratic Party always sweeps New York – the issue of insecurity is being profusely explored by the Republican candidate, who does not hesitate to associate armed violence with the wave of immigration and politics -of the city and the country- of tolerance towards newcomers.

Gag order against Trump

To the judge who will handle the most high-profile case of the decade, Juan Merchan (of Colombian origin), did not tremble when it came to enacting a gag order against Trump himself, a relatively common tool in the American judicial system that consists of prohibiting an accused person from making public comments – including on social media – about those involved in his case .

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In the case that begins tomorrow, the measure requires Trump to refrain from making comments about witnesses, prosecutors, jurors and court staff, as well as their family members. This same order was expanded on April 1 to include the judge himself and his family, as well as the prosecutor. Alvin Braga.

The former president was playing with fire when he attacked his Truth Social network in Loren Merchandaughter of the magistrate, who -wrote- “make money working to ‘catch Trump’”and of his father he said he was“a true and certified Trump hater who suffers from a severe case of insanity syndrome” against him.

Merchan, like other judges who have ruled against Trump in recent months – judge’s case Arthur Engoron-, they are part, according to him, of a radical left-wing conspiracy that triggered a ‘witch hunt’ against Trumpism, the preferred expression with which Trump presents himself as a victim of the system.

Source: Elcomercio