{"id":2224195,"date":"2024-04-18T13:27:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T17:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-trial-second-juror-dismissed-dropping-jury-down-to-five\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T13:29:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T17:29:08","slug":"trump-trial-second-juror-dismissed-dropping-jury-down-to-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-trial-second-juror-dismissed-dropping-jury-down-to-five\/","title":{"rendered":"Second juror dismissed in Trump trial, reducing jury to five members"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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-trial-second-juror-dismissed-dropping-jury-down-to-five%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=2224195&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>A second juror sworn into \u200bthe New York hush money trial involving former President Donald Trump was dismissed after objections from\u200b prosecutors, reducing \u2064the jury\u2062 to five\u200d members.\u2063 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-kyle-rittenhouse-chooses-alternate-jurors-as-deliberations-begin\/\" title=\"WATCH: Kyle Rittenhouse Chooses Alternate Jurors as Deliberations Begin\">dismissed juror<\/a> was replaced, leaving five members to proceed with the \u200dtrial. The second juror in the New\u200c York hush money trial related to former President Donald Trump\u200b was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/paxton-urges-gop-state-lawmakers-to-tighten-election-integrity-laws\/\" title=\"Paxton Urges GOP State Lawmakers to Tighten Election Integrity Laws\">dismissed due<\/a> to prosecutors&#8217; objections, resulting in the reduction \u200bof the jury\u200d to five members. The dismissed juror was replaced,\u2064 maintaining a jury of five to continue the trial.  <\/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>A second juror who was previously sworn into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York<\/a> hush money trial against former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> was dismissed on Thursday after prosecutors raised objections, dropping the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fire-fauci-new-study-finds-closing-schools-in-response-to-covid-19-delayed-herd-immunity-and-will-increase-overall-deaths\/\" title=\"FIRE FAUCI: New Study Finds Closing Schools In Response to COVID-19 Delayed Herd Immunity and Will Increase Overall Deaths\">total number<\/a> in the jury down to five.<\/p>\n<p>The seated Juror #4, an older <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2968381\/trump-on-trial-first-six-jurors-hush-money-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Puerto Rican\">Puerto Rican<\/a> man who previously said he was intrigued by Trump, was called for questioning after prosecutors from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg\u2019s office inquired about whether he was truthful in answering questions about his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lapd-will-not-seek-charges-against-some-people-it-arrests-instead-taking-them-to-social-services\/\" title=\"LAPD Will Not Seek Charges Against Some People It Arrests, Instead Taking Them To Social Services\">past criminal history<\/a>. The dismissal comes shortly after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2970425\/juror-dismissed-trump-trial-concerns-she-couldnt-be-impartial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Juror #2\">Juror #2<\/a>, an oncology nurse, was dismissed Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Juror #4 has been excused.<\/p>\n<p>And then there were five\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KlasfeldReports\/status\/1780993186648764816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>After the conference between the juror and Justice Juan Merchan, the judge said the juror \u201cexpressed annoyance about how much information was out there about him in the public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Merchan said he sealed a portion of the transcript where the juror discussed \u201chighly personal\u201d information. Following the conference, Merchan said he was excusing Juror #4.<\/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>Two of the seven jurors who were sworn in on Tuesday have been dismissed so far as of Thursday morning and early afternoon. The court will need to have seven more jurors and six more alternates sworn in before opening arguments can begin.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear when opening arguments will commence, as Merchan previously indicated that the swearing in of seven jurors was a good sign for the trial to formally begin on Monday. It\u2019s unclear how many more jurors will be sworn in on Thursday and whether more will have to bow out for any reason.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another juror, previously sworn in for the New York hush money trial involving ex-President Donald Trump, was dismissed on Thursday following objections by prosecutors, leaving the jury with only five members. The seated Juror #4, an older Puerto Rican man who had shown interest in Trump, was part of the remaining panel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2224196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24108002017881.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2224195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24108002017881.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2224195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2224196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2224195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2224195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2224195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}