7:51 p.m. ET, April 16, 2024
7 jurors have been seated in Trump’s hush money trial. Get caught up on what happened today
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Trump attorney Todd Blanche challenged several prospective jurors, calling for some to be dismissed for cause due to social media posts.
Remember: Each side has 10 peremptory strikes to remove a juror from the pool — no questions asked. In the instances in which either side is successful in dismissing a potential juror for cause, it does not have to use a strike.
Both the prosecution and defense have each used six preemptive strikes. This means each side has four strikes left.
These were some of the challenges:
- Trump’s team found social media posts from a potential juror referencing Trump that say, “Get him out” and “Lock him up.” Judge Juan Merchan dismissed the potential juror because of that language.
- Merchan struck another potential juror who acknowledged he reposted a negative AI video about Trump in March. Trump’s attorneys also pointed out posts in which the potential juror shared a photo of display tables with a Biden-Harris poster and sold buttons to support a get-out-the-vote political organization.
- Trump’s…
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