CNN: 12 Jurors Now Seated In Trump’s NYC Trial

CNN reports:

Judge Juan Merchan said a jury has been seated in the Trump trial. The court is now selecting alternates. Both sides in the courtroom used all their peremptory strikes on potential jurors. The jurors for the Trump hush money criminal trial are coming into the courtroom. Twelve jurors and one alternate have been seated.

A potential juror who wrote what the Trump attorney described as “vitriolic” posts about the former president on social media was earlier dismissed from the jury panel. Judge Juan Merchan said it was a “close call” and noted that she had apologized to Trump, but ruled he would grant the challenge by his attorneys and dismiss her for cause.

According to journalists in the courtroom, Donald Trump looked at his aides in the gallery and could be heard saying: “It’s freezing.”

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The 12 jurors who will decide the case have now been seated and the 6 alternates will now be chosen. Story on Day 3 is updated with all of today’s developments. https://t.co/pajijBEMWU

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