Seven people have been picked from a vast jury pool – five more jurors and six alternates remain to be chosen for the historic trial
Donald Trump is due to return to a New York courtroom on Thursday for the third day of his hush-money trial and a continuation of the process of jury selection for one of the most high-profile criminal cases in US history.
So far, seven people have been selected after intense grilling of a jury pool that has sifted through prospective jurors’ political views, personal lives and social media posts to decide who gets to sit in judgment over a former US president – and current virtual certainty for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
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