Trump Closes His Eyes As Jury Deliberates—Here Are All The Times He’s Reportedly Fallen Asleep At Hush Money TrialWith closing arguments wrapped up in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial, a jury of 12 New Yorkers with a variety of backgrounds are expected to begin their deliberations Wednesday before deciding whether to make Trump the first former president in U.S. history with a criminal conviction.
A majority are not native New Yorkers, with nine indicating they lived somewhere else before coming to New York, and two previously lived outside the U.S.—the jury foreman lived in Ireland while another juror lived in Lebanon. At least five indicated they don’t follow the news closely: One juror who works as a teacher, for instance, indicated her colleagues had strong opinions on Trump, but she appreciated his candor, didn’t have a strong opinion either way, tried to stay out of politics and doesn’t like the news, according to press reports from jury selection.
While all the jurors insisted they believed they could be impartial, two expressed more significant disagreements with the former president—one juror acknowledged she did not agree with “a lot of his politics and his decisions as a president” but believed she could be a “totally impartial juror,” while another said she didn’t like Trump’s persona, but believed it didn’t impede her from being impartial.
When asked about their opinions on Trump, the remaining jurors all indicated they either had no strong opinions, or were ambivalent—agreeing with some things but disagreeing with others.The New York Times was the most frequently mentioned source of news among the jurors, according to pool reports, among frequently cited mainstream outlets like the Wall Street Journal. Social media was also frequently cited.