New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Marchan reportedly allowed a juror who celebrated former President Donald Trump’s 2020 defeat on social media to remain on the jury list.
Trump’s unprecedented trial began Monday morning with jury selection, the first day of what could be two weeks of proceedings. The trial could last until June.
During jury selection on Tuesday, Trump’s lawyers tried to block potential jurors from staying in the case because they celebrated Trump’s 2020 loss, Fox News reported.
“They wanted to make a peremptory challenge to excuse the juror because she said she could be impartial, but she clearly didn’t want to go on social media like celebrating President Trump’s loss in 2020. “Because I thought there was a media post,” Trace Gallagher said. report, “And they challenged her. The judge said, ‘No, she’ll be fair.’ She’ll stay here. ”
There were 6 jurors. sitting Six more potential jurors are needed Tuesday.
Marchand has convened the first six jurors to be sworn in and will ask them to make plans to return Monday, but that could change. To summarize the main points:
B-400
Foreperson – Juror No. 1B280
Juror No.2B381
Juror No. 3B89
Juror number 4B74,
Juror No.5B297
Juror number 6— Tyler McBrien (@TylerMcBrien) April 16, 2024
Thirty-four of the 96 potential jurors remain the first choice in the jury selection process for President Trump’s criminal trial, court journalists reported Monday.
The remaining potential jurors will take the next step Tuesday, filling out a questionnaire asking about their media consumption, where they live and whether they are politically active.
After the questionnaire, lawyers from both sides will vet the candidates. Lawyers could look at jurors’ social media and ask more personal questions to screen for bias.
Judge Machan generously granted the defense’s request to strike the second juror for good cause. From the WSJ pool report: Before granting the request, he read and recorded the text of the social media post in question. It is partially as follows:
“Good news!! President Trump loses the case…— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) April 16, 2024
“The rapid disqualification of at least 50 potential jurors highlights the difficult reality of finding 12 New Yorkers to serve on a jury in one of the most high-profile cases in U.S. history. ” Axios said. report:
- “I just couldn’t do it,” one prospective juror said in the hallway outside the courtroom, according to Poolside.
- Of the jurors who said they could not be impartial or impartial in the case, more than 20 were white women, one was a Hispanic woman, and four were women of Asian descent. 14 were white men and one was an Asian man. The other six jurors were unknown.
The case is new york vs trump, New York County Supreme Court No. 71543-23.
Wendell Husebo is a political reporter for Breitbart News and a former Republican war room analyst.he is the author of politics of slave morality.Follow Wendell “X” @WendellHusebø or society of truth @WendellHusebo.
