{"id":2224672,"date":"2024-04-18T19:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T23:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/juror-selected-for-trump-trial-dismissed-after-its-revealed-he-was-arrested-for-tearing-down-right-leaning-posters\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T19:47:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T23:47:55","slug":"juror-selected-for-trump-trial-dismissed-after-its-revealed-he-was-arrested-for-tearing-down-right-leaning-posters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/juror-selected-for-trump-trial-dismissed-after-its-revealed-he-was-arrested-for-tearing-down-right-leaning-posters\/","title":{"rendered":"Juror dismissed from Trump trial for past poster vandalism arrest"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fjuror-selected-for-trump-trial-dismissed-after-its-revealed-he-was-arrested-for-tearing-down-right-leaning-posters%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=2224672&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>Jury selection for Donald Trump&#8217;s New York <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-judge-sets-date-for-trumps-first-criminal-trial\/\" title=\"Trump's initial <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> date fixed by New York judge&#8221;>hush-money trial<\/a>\u200d faced\u2064 delays as two jurors were dismissed, one for tearing down Right-leaning \u2064posters. Judge \u200cJuan Merchan excused \u2062them following the prosecutor&#8217;s request. The total seated jurors fell to five, but more were sworn in later, bringing \u200dthe count back \u2063to 12. The issues highlighted the challenges in jury selection for \u2063the trial. Jury selection for Donald\u200b Trump&#8217;s New York hush-money trial experienced\u200c setbacks with two jurors dismissed, one for removing \u200cRight-leaning posters.\u2063 Judge\u2062 Juan Merchan excused them at the prosecutor&#8217;s behest, reducing seated jurors to five. Subsequent juror additions\u200c reinstated the count\u200d to 12, underscoring challenges in the selection \u200bprocess for 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<p>Jury selection for former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> New York hush-money trial hit more roadblocks on Thursday when two jurors were dismissed after being sworn in on Tuesday, including one who had previously been arrested for tearing down Right-leaning political posters.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Juan Merchan excused juror #4 after a prosecutor from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg\u2019s office said the man had been arrested for ripping down \u201cpolitical posters that were on the Right,\u201d Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-juror-previously-arrested-ripping-down-right-leaning-political-ads-dismissed-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. Juror #4\u2019s dismissal came just after another juror \u2014 juror #2 \u2014 was excused by Merchan following her admission that she could no longer be impartial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI definitely have concerns. I don\u2019t think I can be fair,\u201d she said, adding that \u201coutside influence\u201d would \u201cinterfere\u201d with her judgment.<\/p>\n<p>The dismissals of jurors #4 and #2 brought the total of those seated down to five, but shortly after they were let go, more jurors were sworn in, bringing the total to 12, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/18\/us-news\/trumps-hush-money-nyc-trial-live-updates-photos-and-analysis-from-jury-selection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the New York Post<\/a>. Five more jurors must be selected as alternates before the trial can move forward. Thursday marks the third day of the hush-money trial, which is the first criminal trial against a former U.S. president. Judge Merchan said jury selection will continue on Friday and he hopes that opening statements will kick off at the beginning of next week.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of prospective jurors were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/heres-what-happened-during-day-1-of-trumps-hush-money-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dismissed<\/a> on Monday after they said it would be difficult for them to remain impartial throughout the trial. Trump, who is being charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records to make alleged hush money payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels, has raged against his prosecution, calling it \u201ca political persecution\u201d and an \u201cassault on America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump was hit with a gag order by Judge Merchan last month, and Bragg\u2019s office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/manhattan-da-wants-trump-thrown-in-jail-for-30-days-if-he-violates-gag-order\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filed a motion<\/a> on Tuesday, suggesting Trump be thrown in jail for 30 days if he violates the gag order. Merchan\u2019s order prohibits Trump from talking about witnesses, jurors, court staff, and prosecutors with the exception of Bragg, who holds an elected office. The gag order was also recently expanded to prevent Trump from talking about the family members of those involved in the case.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1713449380053000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0e-HYFsZYxlnnLDshKhFqj\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Bragg\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/family-members-of-nursing-home-victims-condemn-n-y-gov-cuomo\/\" title=\"Family members of nursing home victims condemn N.Y. Gov. Cuomo\">office alleged<\/a> that Trump had already violated the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-doesnt-he-wanna-go-peter-doocy-challenges-jen-psaki-on-why-biden-wont-visit-the-southern-border\/\" title=\"\u2018Why Doesn\u2019t He Wanna Go?\u2019: Peter Doocy Challenges Jen Psaki On Why Biden Won\u2019t Visit The Southern Border\">order multiple times<\/a> with his posts on social media.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump\u2019s New York hush-money trial faced delays as two jurors sworn in Tuesday were dismissed. One Juror, previously arrested for removing Right-leaning posters, was excused by Judge Juan Merchan following a request from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg&#8217;s prosecutor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":2224673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2147903443-e1713474004206.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2224672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2147903443-e1713474004206.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224672","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\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2224672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2224673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2224672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2224672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2224672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}