Trump arrives in court for third day of hush-money trial as jury selection continues – live | Donald Trump

Donald Trump has taken his seat at the defense table in Manhattan criminal court for day three of the criminal hush money trial against him.

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He is talking on his cell phone.

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Good morning US politics readers. Donald Trump is due to return to Manhattan court this morning as the process continues in the jury selection for the former president’s historic trial and one of the most high-profile criminal cases in US history.

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So far, seven people have been selected after two days of intense grilling by prosecutors and Trump’s lawyers that has sifted through prospective jurors’ political views, personal lives and social media posts to decide who gets to sit in judgment over Trump just months before his upcoming rematch with Joe Biden in the November general election.

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Five more jurors and six alternates remain to be chosen. Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records as part of the alleged effort to cover up hush money paid to adult actor Stormy Daniels. Trump also faces other trials involving his actions on January 6, attempts to subvert the 2020 election in Georgia and charges related to his keeping of classified documents at his resort in Florida, Mar-a-Lago, after he had left office.

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Trump’s criminal hush-money trial: what to know

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• A guide to Trump’s hush-money trial – so far

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• The key arguments prosecutors will use against Trump

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• How will Trump’s trial work?

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• From Michael Cohen to Stormy Daniels: the key players

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Here’s what else we’re watching:

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• Joe Biden is traveling to Philadelphia, where he is scheduled to participate in a number of campaign events before returning to the White House

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• Biden is expected to receive the formal endorsement of a large contingent of the Kennedy family who have shunned independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr, the Biden campaign has said.

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• Kamala Harris will take part in a conversation about gun violence prevention ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Columbine shooting.

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• 10am ET. Alejandro Mayorkas, the US secretary of homeland security, will testify before the homeland security and governmental affairs committee.

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• 12pm. The Senate will meet to take up the motion to proceed to the Fisa section 702 reauthorization, with a cloture vote at 1pm.

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Sam Levin

Good morning from the overflow room of the Manhattan Criminal Courts Building in Lower Manhattan.

The third day of jury selection begins. donald trumpHis criminal trial for trying to hide hush money payments to adult film stars stormy daniels Seven jurors have been selected so far. Five additional jurors and six alternate jurors must be selected.

It’s a quiet, rainy morning here at the courthouse. There wasn’t much activity in the park across the street.

Meanwhile, Trump continues to push the envelope with gag orders that prohibit attacks on jurors.Last night, he reposted a quote from the Fox News host. Jesse Waters He suggested that secret liberal activists were trying to serve on the jury.

judge Juan Marchan The man overseeing the trial has already warned President Trump once about intimidation of jurors. Let’s see if the judge takes it up this morning.