{"id":2222940,"date":"2024-04-17T05:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T09:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-trial-attorneys-struggle-to-find-jurors-without-opinions-on-trump\/"},"modified":"2024-04-17T05:37:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T09:37:15","slug":"trump-trial-attorneys-struggle-to-find-jurors-without-opinions-on-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-trial-attorneys-struggle-to-find-jurors-without-opinions-on-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump trial: Lawyers face difficulty finding impartial jurors"},"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\">16<\/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-trial-attorneys-struggle-to-find-jurors-without-opinions-on-trump%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=2222940&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 Manhattan courtroom saw varied opinions among potential jurors in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-bond-deadline-hits-on-same-day-hes-set-to-appear-in-court-for-hush-money-case\/\" title=\"The Trump bond deadline coincides with his court appearance for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-big-problem-with-the-stormy-daniels-hush-money-case-against-trump\/\" title=\"The Big Problem With The Stormy Daniels Hush Money Case Against Trump\">hush money case<\/a>&#8220;>high-profile hush money case involving<\/a> former President Donald Trump. Choosing 12 jurors and six alternates proved challenging as individuals expressed diverse views on the defendant. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chauvin-juror-jury-duty-a-chance-to-spark-some-change-something-we-got-to-do\/\" title=\"Chauvin Juror: Jury Duty A Chance To \u2018Spark Some Change,\u2019 Something \u2018We Got To Do\u2019\">jury selection process<\/a>, led by Judge Juan \u200cMerchan and attorneys, was detailed by a pool\u2064 of \u2062reporters\u200b amid intense scrutiny. In the high-profile hush money case involving former President Donald Trump, the Manhattan \u2064courtroom faced a mix \u200dof viewpoints from potential jurors. Selecting a panel of 12 jurors\u2064 and six alternates was a challenging task \u2062due to the\u2062 diverse opinions about the defendant.\u200b Judge Juan\u200c Merchan \u2064and attorneys managed the jury selection process, which was closely monitored and\u200b reported on by a pool \u2064of journalists.  <\/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>\n<p>One was a fan of <em>The<\/em> <em>Apprentice<\/em> in middle school. One opposed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1847961\/trump-administration-to-add-seven-countries-to-its-travel-ban-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>travel ban<\/a> he implemented. One thought he was \u201cfascinating and mysterious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Most had one thing in common: They <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2968381\/trump-on-trial-first-six-jurors-hush-money-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>came<\/a> into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/manhattan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Manhattan\">Manhattan<\/a> courtroom with opinions about the most famous criminal defendant in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Choosing 12 jurors and six alternates in former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s hush money case was never expected to be easy. Two days into jury selection, the court had secured seven jurors, but the process could last at least another couple of days, an unusually lengthy duration.<\/p>\n<p>A pool of six reporters circulated details throughout the day that conveyed, at times, the tribulations Judge Juan Merchan and attorneys for Trump and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg experienced as they sought to find a dozen people who could fairly determine Trump\u2019s fate in a historic criminal trial expected to last several weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Todd Blanche, Trump\u2019s lead attorney, opened his questioning of prospective jurors Tuesday by warning them that the case was not ordinary because typically, jurors would be excused if they knew who the defendant was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere, we all know that every one of you knows President Trump,\u201d Blanche said. \u201cAnd you all know him in different ways, and you all have different views of him based\u00a0upon different\u00a0factors in your life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At one point, Blanche asked a group of prospective jurors seated in the jury box if they were aware that Trump was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attack-of-the-zombie-era\/\" title=\"Attack of the Zombie ERA\">facing criminal charges<\/a> in other jurisdictions, and all but one raised their hands.<\/p>\n<p>Blanche pressed one person to elaborate when she said, \u201cObviously I know about President Trump. I\u2019m a female.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that there have been opinions on how he doesn\u2019t treat females correctly, stuff like that,\u201d she said. \u201cI honestly don\u2019t know the story, so I don\u2019t have a view on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An accountant who was unmarried and did not have children said that in his industry, \u201ca lot of people tend to intellectually slant Republican \u2026 so there could be some unconscious bias.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Merchan asked him if he could provide an \u201cunequivocal assurance\u201d of impartiality, and the accountant replied that it was \u201cprobably going to be tough.\u201d The judge then excused him.<\/p>\n<p>While a summons had been sent out to approximately 500 New York City residents, the prospective jurors were called to the courtroom in batches. Of an initial wave of 96, more than 50 raised their hands when asked if they could not be impartial in Trump\u2019s case, and Merchan excused them.<\/p>\n<p>Attorneys were able to grill those who made it through the first round of questioning as they searched for indications of bias.<\/p>\n<p>Blanche at one point asked Merchan to dismiss a juror because of a Facebook post he found in which the juror had written years ago, \u201cGood news!!\u00a0Trump lost his court battle on his unlawful travel ban!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Merchan said that that post alone would not have been grounds to dismiss the juror, but because the man then wrote, \u201cGet him out, and lock him up,\u201d he would grant Blanche\u2019s request.<\/p>\n<p>While defense attorneys typically seek out sympathetic jurors, prosecutors aim for jurors who could rule in their favor. One of Bragg\u2019s prosecutors, Joshua Steinglass, asked a group of prospective jurors if they were capable of returning a guilty verdict of Trump, to which the jurors each replied, \u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another juror said she did not \u201creally\u201d have an opinion of Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am here for my civic duty. I\u2019m here to listen to the facts,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She was one of the seven empaneled on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Although the difficulties in narrowing down a jury pool were apparent, the pace of the process was, as of Tuesday, moving more quickly than some had anticipated.<\/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>\u201cI think you\u2019re going to see between two \u2014 somewhere in the vicinity of two weeks, maybe a little more, of jury selection in this case. Could be less. Could be more,\u201d Norm Eisen, a prominent Democrat-aligned lawyer, had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/2963573\/what-to-know-about-jury-selection-ahead-of-trump-hush-money-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>predicted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Merchan told the seven who had been chosen for the jury to plan to return Monday for opening arguments, but the judge caveated that the timing could change.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Manhattan courtroom, jurors and alternates had varied opinions on the high-profile defendant. From fans of The Apprentice to critics of his policies, they brought diverse perspectives. 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