N.Y. court swears in six jurors for Trump hush money trialFormer President Donald Trump returns to the courtroom after a recess at Manhattan criminal court, Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in New York. Donald Trump returned to the courtroom Tuesday as a judge works to find a panel of jurors who …Some of the jurors looked stressed as they went into the jury box to take their oath.
The second day of jury selection delved into potential jurors’ social media posts and whether they could separate their political views from the sober responsibility of determining guilt and innocence. One potential juror, an accountant originally from Dallas, Texas, was dismissed after he waffled on whether he could be politically unbiased.“A lot of people tend to intellectually slant Republican … so there could be some unconscious bias,” he said, adding his Texas background could lead to implicit bias.
Only about a third of Americans think Mr.Trump did something illegal in the hush-money case, according to a poll released Tuesday, the second day of jury selection in New York. Still, half of Americans would consider Mr. Trump unfit to serve as president if he is convicted of falsifying business documents.
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