The twelve members that will integrate the jury that will seal the fate of donald trump in it historic trial who seats the former American president in New York were selected, The investigating judge of the case announced this Thursday that he will still select six substitutes.
“I have hope” that the process will end this Friday, said the investigating judge, Juan Merchan.after the shock caused by the withdrawal of two of the first seven members selected on Tuesday.
He judge overseeing the criminal trial had allowed this Thursday the resignation of two jurorsas attorneys struggled to assemble a panel of 12 jurors and six alternates for one of the highest-profile cases in the country’s history.
The two members who were left out of the criminal trial against Donald Trump
He Judge Juan Merchan excused a juror after prosecutors said he may not have disclosed previous brushes with the law. Merchán did not specify the reason for the departure of that member of the jury.
He judge had previously excused a juror who said she felt intimidated because some personal information had been made public. She said her family, friends and colleagues had contacted her after deducing that she was on the jury.
“I don’t believe that at this point I can be fair and impartial and that outside influences won’t affect my decision-making in the courtroom,” the juror said.
Finally, despite the two exclusions, as the day went by, all the members of the jury were selected. The decisions highlighted the extraordinary pressures surrounding the first-ever criminal trial of a former US president.
What is Donald Trump accused of?
Trump is one of the most controversial figures in American politics and nearly half of the 192 potential jurors examined so far in Manhattan, with a Democratic majority, were rejected after saying they could not impartially assess his guilt or innocence.. Republican presidential candidate to the elections of November 5 is accused of covering up a $130,000 payment to his former lawyer Michael Cohen called out porn actress Stormy Daniels for her silence before the 2016 election about a sexual encounter she says they had a decade earlier.
Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records filed by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and denies any such encounter with Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford. Also He pleaded not guilty in three other open criminal cases against him in Washington, Georgia and Florida.
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