Biggest harvest on day 1: It must be difficult to choose the judges. Roughly half of the 96 potential jurors were dismissed Monday for being unable to remain impartial. It’s understandable that it’s difficult because everyone in the world already has an opinion about Trump. Twelve jurors and six alternates are required.
The most popular headlines on the first day: New York Times Maggie Haberman Noticed Trump may have fallen asleep during Monday’s proceedings. “His head keeps dropping and his mouth is slack,” Haberman posted. Then, she said, he “woke up shaking.” Read her observations
↑Ah, I should have seen this: A pool reporter noticed that Trump glared at Haberman as he was leaving after Haberman reported Haberman had fallen asleep. Haberman noticed that, too, and she said on CNN that it was a “pretty specific look” at her. 👀
maybe he needs to stand up his diet coke intake From 12:00 to 13:00…
Biggest news of the first day: A judge denied President Trump’s request to appear at the Supreme Court’s April 25 oral argument on the presidential immunity case.
Check out the courtroom sketch: here’s one.and here’s another one.
Fun fact — speaking of the difficulty of finding an impartial jury: The Associated Press explained: Some of the potential jurors. (H/t to Hills Nile Stanage)
first: “[A] She earned a master’s degree, worked for 20 years in New York City government, enjoys cooking and the arts, and is married to an Upper West Side resident who gets her news from the New York Times, CNN, and Google. ”
Second:”[A] He is married, lives in West Harlem, works in sales, has some college education, enjoys the outdoors, and frequently reads news outlets such as the New York Times, Daily Mail, Fox News, and some of MSNBC. I’m here. ”
Read more from Day 1: “Five lessons learned from the first day of Trump’s criminal trial”
