New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan reportedly allowed a juror who celebrated former President Donald Trump’s 2020 loss on social media to remain in the jury pool.
Trump’s unprecedented trial began Monday morning with jury selection, the first day of a process that could span two weeks. The trial could last until June.
During Tuesday’s jury selection, Trump’s defense attorneys tried to prevent a potential juror from staying on the case because she celebrated Trump’s 2020 loss, Fox News reported.
“They wanted to have a peremptory challenge to excuse the juror because they thought that she said she could be impartial, but had social media posts that apparently had her celebrating Trump’s loss in 2020,” Trace Gallagher reported, “and so they challenged her. The judge said, ‘Nope, she can be impartial. She stays.’”
Merchan is calling in the first 6 jurors to be sworn in. He's going to ask them to plan to return on Monday, but subject to change. To recap:
— Tyler McBrien (@TylerMcBrien) April 16, 2024
B-400
FOREPERSON – Juror No. 1
B280
Juror No. 2
B381
Juror NO. 3
B89
Juror No. 4
B74,
Juror No. 5
B297
Juror No. 6
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