A group of prospective jurors were asked whether they believe they can be fair and impartial in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York.
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Eighteen prospective jurors in former President Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial were cleared for a second round of questions on Tuesday as a lengthy jury selection process inches forward, including an oncology nurse, a teacher, a fan of Trump’s former reality TV show “The Apprentice,” and a potential juror who has read Trump’s book “The Art of the Deal.”Key Facts
The 18 potential jurors who made it past the first round of questionning faced a litany of further questions from defense attorneys and prosecutors on whether they can be unbiased.
A panel of 12 jurors from Manhattan will ultimately form the jury in Trump’s criminal case in Manhattan, where he has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony charges for allegedly falsifying documents stemming from hush money payments ahead of the 2016 election.
The prospective jurors questioned on Tuesday include a New York City Department of Education employee who has lived on the Upper West Side for seven years, reads The New York Times, The Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal and The , as well as a Riverside Drive resident who reviews disability benefits for the Social Security Administration.
Another of the 18 potential jurors lives on the Upper West Side and works for a senior living company, while one potential juror is a corporate lawyer at Gunderson Dettmer, another works in marketing and another who works as an IT consultant.
