As day two of former President Donald Trump’s hush cash felony trial continued, attorneys for the previous president had a possible juror dismissed after they discovered posts calling for Trump to be put in jail.
As New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, Trump’s attorneys, and prosecutors from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s workplace continued the method of questioning potential jurors about posts made to social media, and their personal lives, Trump’s authorized staff had a juror dismissed over a publish about Trump, calling to “lock him up.” Another social media publish from the identical juror reportedly said, “Get him out.”
The first seven jurors, who will sit on a 12-person bench, have been selected.
The Associated Press (AP) writes:
Over two days, dozens of potential jurors have been excused after saying they might not be neutral or as a result of they’d different commitments. Trump’s attorneys challenged a handful of individuals over social media posts, and one particular person was dismissed over a 2017 publish about Trump that mentioned “Lock him up!”
Merchan reportedly acknowledged that the quote about locking Trump up was not good and he didn’t assume he may let the potential juror “remain” within the trial, in keeping with the Daily Mail.
In this courtroom sketch, former U.S. President Donald Trump sits together with his lawyer Todd Blanche earlier than Justice Juan Merchan, originally of his trial at a Manhattan felony court docket in New York, Monday, April 15, 2024. (Jane Rosenberg/Pool Photo by way of AP)
“Everyone knows if Mr. Trump is found guilty in this case, there’s a potential jail sentence which would be lock up,” Merchan mentioned.
On the primary day, out of 96 potential jurors, greater than 50 have been dismissed after indicating they have been unable to be neutral.
Other potential jurors who made it to day two of the trial included one one who had reportedly posted on social media saying, “Republicans projected to pick up 70 seats in prison.” This potential juror was additionally not chosen.
Another potential juror had posted a parody video on March 27, that includes Trump with the phrases, “I’m dumb as f*ck.” This juror was additionally dismissed.
In April 2023, Braggs charged Trump with 34 counts of falsifying enterprise data within the first diploma associated to funds he made to porn star Stormy Daniels throughout the 2016 presidential election.
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