{"id":2225074,"date":"2024-04-19T10:01:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T14:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/full-jury-selected-for-trump-new-york-criminal-trial-as-opening-arguments-approach\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T10:04:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T14:04:05","slug":"full-jury-selected-for-trump-new-york-criminal-trial-as-opening-arguments-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/full-jury-selected-for-trump-new-york-criminal-trial-as-opening-arguments-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s New York Criminal Trial: Jury Selected for Opening Arguments"},"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%2Ffull-jury-selected-for-trump-new-york-criminal-trial-as-opening-arguments-approach%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=2225074&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 \u2064twelve-member jury\u200d has been selected for the New York criminal \u2062trial of former President Donald Trump. He is accused \u200bof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-jordan-subpoenas-former-manhattan-prosecutor-who-pushed-for-trump-indictment\/\" title=\"Rep. Jordan Subpoenas Former Manhattan Prosecutor Who Pushed for Trump Indictment\">falsifying business records related<\/a> to pre-2016\u200d election payments. Trump has\u2062 pleaded\u200c not \u200dguilty to the 34\u200c charges and refutes authorizing payments to Stormy Daniels. The diverse jury includes various\u2062 professionals, and one member openly expressed negative views towards 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<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boris-johnsons-sister-goes-viral-for-calling-herself-ghislaine-maxwells-chum-in-november-article\/\" title=\"Boris Johnson\u2019s Sister Goes Viral for Calling Herself Ghislaine Maxwell's 'Chum' in November Article\">12-person jury<\/a> has been selected for former President Donald Trump\u2019s New York criminal trial over accusations that he falsified business records related to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/romney-proposes-350-monthly-payments-to-families-with-kids-under-six\/\" title=\"Romney Proposes 0 Monthly Payments To Families With Kids Under Six\">payments made<\/a> before the 2016 election by one of his lawyers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lawyers for Trump and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg are still working on selecting alternates in case any of the primary jurors has an emergency. Trump has pleaded not guilty to the 34 counts brought by Bragg\u2019s office and denied that he authorized Michael Cohen to make payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The jurors on the case <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/04\/18\/trump-hush-money-criminal-trial\/what-we-know-about-the-jury-00153194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">include<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  an investment banker, a security engineer, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/female-veterans-and-ptsd-forgotten-victims\/\" title=\"Female Veterans and PTSD: Forgotten Victims?\">retired man<\/a> from Lebanon, a speech therapist, a man who works at an eyewear company, a product developer, a physical therapist, a salesman, a corporate lawyer, an educator, a software engineer, and a civil litigator. There are seven men and five women on the jury.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One woman on the jury, whom Trump\u2019s team was unable to remove, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-manhattan-stormy-daniels-michael-cohen-b514cb52bb31a82579cb827c40166173\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> that she thought Trump was \u201cvery selfish and self-serving,\u201d and that she didn\u2019t \u201creally appreciate that from any public servant.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Five additional alternates need to be selected after one was selected on Thursday. The selection of the jurors has been difficult as many New Yorkers have strong opinions about the former president. On Thursday, one juror <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/juror-selected-for-trump-trial-dismissed-after-its-revealed-he-was-arrested-for-tearing-down-right-leaning-posters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was dismissed<\/a> after it was discovered that he had previously been arrested for tearing down Right-leaning political posters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another juror also left after saying that she did not think she would be able to be impartial. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\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.<\/span><\/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=1712932862202000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0plT8RRdMy9XUpIhocnjQS\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The trial is being overseen by Judge Juan Merchan, a donor to President Joe Biden\u2019s 2020 presidential campaign, whom Trump has repeatedly attempted to have removed from the case. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trump has said the case is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-facebook-and-twitter-ceos-testify-before-senate-judiciary-committee\/\" title=\"Watch Live: Facebook and Twitter CEOs Testify Before Senate Judiciary Committee\">election interference<\/a>, saying on Thursday that he was supposed to be out campaigning instead of being stuck in court all day. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt really is a shame. This country is devolving into a third world country between having no borders, having no justice, we have no justice, and having a press that doesn\u2019t want to cover the facts,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The full 12-person jury has been chosen for ex-President Donald Trump&#8217;s New York criminal trial. The allegations involve falsifying pre-2016 election payment records. Trump&#8217;s legal team and Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg are finalizing alternate selections for potential jury replacements during the trial<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":2225075,"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-2147916683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2225074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2147916683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2225074","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\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2225074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2225074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2225075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2225074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2225074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2225074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}