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[orangecrush]

We're down to six jurors after one of the seven who were empaneled Tuesday was dismissed after expressing concerns that part of her identity was made public. Ultimately, 12 New Yorkers and likely six alternates will need to be selected.

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-04-18-24/index.html

[Walleye]

1. The judge is going to have to get control of the situation somehow

[Irish_Dem]

11. He has to protect the jury.

That is a number one job and he has already screwed it up.

[MOMFUDSKI]

2. He will have to eliminate the where they work

part. And I am waiting for him to address the issue of clown tweets from yesterday

[Hugin]

6. Yeah, for example, "oncology nurse" is pretty specific.

But…. Team Trump ( cracks me up every time ) has had the prospective jurors list for a whole two days. Plenty of intimidation time.

Somehow, they don’t have time for the documents trial, tho. Go figure!

[CincyDem]

3. Public preemptories???.

Wonder if Trump team saw her as a prosecution leaning juror.

[unblock]

4. Too late. The still-not-full jury is already intimidated

Reasonable people will leave

People with a pro-Donnie bias will remain

People with no initial bias but who respond to intimidation by doing what the intimidator wants will remain


Well, he could start over. But the fact that he intimidates jurors is out there, all the prospective jurors potentially know this.

[Irish_Dem]

12. Yes the pro Trump people know they are safe.

They don't need to leave.

[Passages]

5. This will be a concern throughout the trial.

Trump is desperate and his fans are so loyal to him. Sequestered might be safer? I don't know.

[sop]

7. Trump will probably leak the jurors' identities once the trial begins.

Gag orders won't help, Trump will do anything for a mistrial..

[Irish_Dem]

13. Trump doesn't have to adhere to the gag orders and he knows it.

[hlthe2b]

8. "12 New Yorkers" and six alternates? strange way to put it...lol

But, yes, 12 regular jurors and six alternates will need to be selected. And in all likelihood, they will ALL be long-term New Yorkers, rather than more recent residents, but that is not a given. The jury foreman, after all is an Irish immigrant, albeit largely grew up (reportedly) in the US.

[TBF]

9. This will be a problem throughout - I'm not sure how to get around it.

But would you want to be on this jury? Sure many of us think "yes, would love to lock this mf'er up" - but then you think about how folks could come after you. Not an idle threat, he WILL find a way to release any info he gets and some of his supporters would absolutely go after jurors. We've already seen what they wanted to do to Congress (not to mention Mike Pence when he pissed them off).

[orangecrush]

10. Actually

I would not want to be on that jury because I still believe in the rule of law, and if I were to answer honestly under oath, I would say that I could not be impartial, instead of trying to sneak by, which would only harm the prosecutors case in the long term.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

14. Fox News helped people to identify this juror

Link to tweet

[sop]

15. "No opinion on Trump"

Maybe juror #2 didn't have an opinion on Trump's guilt, but how could anyone not have an opinion on Trump?