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Donald Trump expressed dissatisfaction on Wednesday, stating that his lawyers were not granted unlimited opportunities to reject potential jurors for his New York criminal hush money trial. However, state law limits the number of potential jurors his legal team can dismiss without cause, as per The Hill.
Trump has been allotted the appropriate number of dismissals based on the nature of the criminal charges against him, which includes 10 peremptory strikes for jurors and an additional two for each alternate juror. This limitation is in place because Trump is facing Class E felony charges. Trump voiced his concerns about this issue on his Truth Social platform.
He wrote, “I thought STRIKES were supposed to be ‘unlimited’ when we were picking our jury? I was then told we only had 10, not nearly enough when we were purposely given the 2nd Worst Venue in the Country. Don’t worry, we have the First Worst also, as the Witch Hunt continues! ELECTION INTERFERENCE!” Trump shared his grievances a day after CNBC reported that the first seven jurors had been selected for the trial in Manhattan Supreme Court.
