All twelve jurors have been selected to serve on the jury in former President Donald Trump’s non-disclosure agreement trial in New York City.
Back up: Trump is facing 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a non-disclosure agreement with adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016. Trump calls the trial “political persecution.”
The details: Juan Merchan, the controversial judge with a clear bias against Trump, declared, “We have our jury” after the 12th juror was selected Thursday. Here’s what we know about the jurors:
- Juror 1 is a NYC resident with no children who enjoys the outdoors. They get their news from The New York Times, The Daily Mail, Fox News, and MSNBC.
- Juror 2 says he follows Trump’s former lawyer turned-hater Michael Cohen on X and other right-wing accounts but will “try to keep an open mind.”
- Juror 3 is an attorney who grew up in Oregon and gets his news from The New York Times and Google.
- Juror 4 is originally from California and has been a security engineer for 25 years. He’s married with three kids, and his wife is a teacher. He enjoys metal and wood working.
- Juror 5 is a single young woman. She’s a New York native who has taught English for eight years. She gets her news from Google and TikTok. She says she appreciated Trump’s candor.
- Juror 6 is a young woman who lives in Manhattan and works as a software engineer.
- Juror 7 is originally from North Carolina and works as a civil litigator. He’s married with two kids and gets his news from The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Post, and The Washington Post.
- Juror 8 information is not available yet.
- Juror 9 is a single woman from New York who lives in Manhattan and works as a speech therapist. She has e-mail subscriptions to CNN and The New York Times. She says she has opinions of Trump but believes she can put them aside.
- Juror 10 is a single man originally from Ohio who lives in Manhattan and works for a large commerce company. He says he doesn’t watch the news but listens to podcasts about behavioral psychology.
- Juror 11 information is not available yet.
- Juror 12 information is not available yet.
Dismissals: Yesterday, two jurors were dropped.
- One juror [originally Juror #2] told the court she did not believe she could be impartial, as friends and family contacted her based on news reports, suspecting she was one of the jurors.
- Another juror [originally Juror #4], was kicked off the trial after Trump’s lawyers discovered he had previously been arrested for tearing down right-leaning political advertisements.
Today the court will select backup jurors.
Do you think Trump can get a fair jury pool in Manhattan?
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