{"id":2222545,"date":"2024-04-16T16:35:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T20:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-on-trial-first-six-jurors-sworn-in-for-hush-money-case\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T16:37:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T20:37:53","slug":"trump-on-trial-first-six-jurors-sworn-in-for-hush-money-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-on-trial-first-six-jurors-sworn-in-for-hush-money-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump on trial: Six jurors sworn in for hush money case"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-on-trial-first-six-jurors-sworn-in-for-hush-money-case%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2222545&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eventbrite-removes-what-is-a-woman-screening-event-for-allegedly-promoting-hate\/\" title=\"Eventbrite Removes \u2018What Is A Woman?\u2019 Screening Event For Allegedly Promoting \u2018Hate\u2019\">content includes<\/a> \u200ba button labeled &#8220;Read \u200dmore&#8230;&#8221; within a paragraph with the class &#8220;readmore&#8221;, indicating more text\u2064 is available. Following a horizontal\u2063 line break\u200b (<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>) and a span with the ID &#8220;more&#8221;, the summary ends \u2063abruptly \u200cwith the introduction of a block UID for a news-related item regarding the criminal hush money trial involving Donald Trump. The content features\u200d a &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; button in a paragraph with \u2063the class &#8220;readmore&#8221;, implying additional text.\u2063 It is followed by a horizontal line break (<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>) and a\u2064 span with the ID &#8220;more&#8221;. \u200bThe summary stops when introducing a block \u200bUID related to a news item\u200c about the criminal\u200d hush money\u200b trial of Donald Trump.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>The criminal hush money trial against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> inched forward with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-derek-chauvin-agreed-to-plea-bargain-but-trump-ag-william-barr-rejected-deal\/\" title=\"Report: Derek Chauvin Agreed To Plea Bargain But Trump AG William Barr Rejected Deal\">jury selection<\/a> on Tuesday after six people were sworn in to serve as jurors in the case against the former president.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York<\/a> Supreme Court Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/2958873\/read-questions-prospective-trump-jurors-answer-before-theyre-selected-hush-money-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Juan Merchan<\/a> said he would ask the six jurors selected to return on Monday, though he cautioned that could change depending on the schedule. Seating six jurors completes roughly a third of the selection process, which began this week.<\/p>\n<p>The process of jury selection, which is expected to take up to two weeks, can\u2019t conclude without the selection of six more jurors and six alternates that are needed before opening arguments can commence. Attorneys for the prosecution and defense are vetting up to 500 potential jurors overall.<\/p>\n<p>However, Merchan suggested that based on the current pace of the selection process, opening arguments could start as soon as Monday. Jury selection for trials typically takes less than a week, but the stakes and gravitas of the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-whistleblower-edward-snowdens-wife-shares-photos-of-their-new-son\/\" title=\"U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden\u2019s wife shares photos of their new son\">criminal trial<\/a> against a former president left room for a potentially longer-than-average time estimate.<\/p>\n<p>More than half of the nearly 100 potential jurors in the first round of jury selection on Monday were almost immediately excused after they said they could not be fair or impartial in a trial that contains facts and allegations dating back to Trump\u2019s 2016 election.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By Tuesday afternoon, the initial group of 96 jurors that began undergoing the process the day before had been narrowed down to 24, according to press pool reports.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story and will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hush money trial involving Donald Trump progressed as jury selection began, with six sworn-in jurors. 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