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Finding jurors for former president Donald Trump’s criminal case in New York has proven difficult, as on the first day, dozens of prospective jurors weresent homeafter saying they could not be impartial.
The case itself is the first criminal trial for any former president. He is accused of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in relation to “hush money” given to porn star Stormy Daniels to cover up a sex scandal.
Twelve jurors and six alternates have to be picked. They will remain anonymous to the public. Judge Juan Merchan hasrequestedthat the appearances and employers of jurors not be reported after one juror reported friends and family members identifying her (more on that later), so here’s what we can broadly say about the jury so far.
The jurors:
For this , we are using reporting fromABC NewsandNBC .
Juror #1: An Irish-born West Harlem salesman.
The gaffer likes " anything outdoorsy " and has " heard of some " of Trump ’s other criminal case .
Juror #3: A young Chelsea corporate law attorney.
He likes to hike and run and is n’t super conversant with the allegations against Trump .
Juror #5: A Harlem-based teacher.
She ’s into relationship and pop culture podcasts . " President Trump speaks his mind , " she said . " And I ’d rather that than someone who ’s in office who you do n’t know what they ’re thinking . "
Juror #6: A young Chelsea software engineer.
She likes play , restaurants , and trip the light fantastic toe .
Juror #7: An Upper East Side civil litigator.
He ’s also outdoorsy . He say he does n’t " have judgement about [ Trump ] in person . "
The most commonly cited news sources that the jurors use are the New York Times and Google.
People who aren’t jurors:
Former Juror #2.
One seated juror , a cancer nursemaid , wasdismissedon April 18 after she voiced concerns . “ Yesterday alone I had admirer , colleagues , and family crowd things to my phone regarding interrogate my identity as a jurywoman , ” she evidence the judge . “ I do n’t think at this percentage point that I can be fair and indifferent and let the outside influences not affect my decision - fashioning in the court . ”
Former Juror #4.
Another sitting juror , an IT master , was dismiss on the same Clarence Shepard Day Jr. after the prosecution bring up concerns that he may have lie in his solution about being accused or convicted of a criminal offense . Theyfounda military man of the same name who had been turn back for tearing down poster " pertaining to the political right hand " in the ' 90 , as well as a family line penis who may have been unite with an agreement with the Manhattan territory lawyer ’s government agency ( aka Trump ’s prosecution ) . It ’s unknown whether or not he was connected to these things , as he was wonder off - microphone , but he was dismissed .
We’ll keep you posted with updates.
