Six Jurors Have Been Selected for Trump’s New York Criminal Trial

After two days of questions, the judge Juan Manuel Merchan This Tuesday, he selected six people to compose the jury in the criminal case against donald trumpthe first in the history of U.S for a former president.

Jury selection will continue until selected a panel of 12 people and six alternates; In other words, now a third of the ‘team’ is formed.

READ TOO: They exclude most potential jurors at the beginning of the trial against Trump

The day started with the exam around 30 pre-selected and when they entered, Trump, who was sitting in the dock, turned his head to look at them.

Candidates had to respond to a long list of 42 questionsa process that lasted between five and seven minutes per person.

Many questions were simple: What do you do? Who is your current employer?What do you like to do in your spare time? Do you have any interests or hobbies? What media do you visit, read or watch?

But others were specific about Trump: “Have you ever attended a rally?” trumpAre you subscribed to or have you subscribed to any newsletter or email list managed by Trump or his organization? Do you follow Trump on any social media or have you done so in the past?“, were some of the subquestions from section 29 of the questionnaire.

They were also asked if they had ever read books written by Trump or by Michael CohenTrump’s lawyer and right-hand man, who is expected to be one of the prosecution’s main witnesses.

Yesterday, more than half of the potential jurors on the first panel of 96 people – there are about 200 applicants a day in total – were dismissed after being told they could not be fair and impartial and at least fifty they were eliminated of the jury for this reason.

Today, in the round of quiz questionsfour potential jurors said that after thinking about it, they realized they could not be impartial and asked to withdraw.

Other reasons why some of the candidates were excluded were personal reasons, such as a wedding or possible repercussions at work for taking so many days to attend a trial that could last between six and eight weeks.

Once the first round of questions has been completed, the 18 potential jurors Those who remained were subjected to questioning by defense and prosecution lawyers, who can dismiss a dozen jurors without needing to justify.

After selecting the half dozen, Merchant brought to the next panel candidates juries to make them take an oath.

The analysis of this panel will begin on Thursday. new candidatesas hearings are suspended on Wednesdays by decision of the judge.

Source: Elcomercio

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