The first seven jurors were selected for Donald Trump’s hush money trial Tuesday amid a battle over prospective jurors’ old Facebook posts and calls to “lock him up” and a judge’s warning that the former president should not try to intimidate the panelists who will be deciding his fate.
Lawyers worked for a second day to find a panel of New Yorkers to decide whether the Republican will become the first former president convicted of a crime.
Former President Donald Trump's historic criminal hush money case continues Tuesday morning in Manhattan. Follow Newsweek's live blog for the latest updates.
Jury selection in Donald Trump’s hush money trial resumed Tuesday as lawyers worked to find a panel of New Yorkers who will decide whether the Republican who hopes to return to the White House will become the first former president convicted of a crime.
There are two Donald Trump criminal trials now taking place. There’s the one in a Manhattan courtroom, where a judge, attorneys for both sides and prospective jurors are making strenuous efforts to lay the foundation of the fair trial to which the ex-president and every other citizen is entitled.
Prosecutors in Donald J. Trump’s criminal trial secured permission from the judge to admit evidence connected to his overall political strategy in 2016, bolstering their case.