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Trump will return to tribunal aft first time of hush money criminal proceedings ended pinch nary jurors picked
By MICHAEL SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, JAKE OFFENHARTZ, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Former President Donald Trump attends nan first time of his criminal trial, astatine Manhattan Criminal Court successful New York City connected April 15, 2024. (Angela Weiss/AFP via AP Pool)
The first time of Donald Trump’s history-making trial successful Manhattan ended pinch nary 1 yet chosen to beryllium connected nan sheet of 12 jurors and six alternates. Dozens of group were dismissed aft saying they didn’t judge they could beryllium fair, though dozens of different prospective jurors person yet to beryllium questioned.
It’s nan first of Trump’s 4 criminal cases to spell to proceedings and whitethorn beryllium nan only 1 that could scope a verdict earlier voters determine successful November whether nan presumptive Republican statesmanlike nominee should return to nan White House.
It puts Trump’s ineligible problems astatine nan halfway of nan intimately contested title against President Joe Biden, pinch Trump coating himself arsenic nan unfortunate of a politically motivated justness strategy moving to deprive him of different term.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records arsenic part of an alleged effort to support salacious — and, he says, bogus — stories astir his activity life from emerging during his 2016 campaign. On Monday, Trump called nan lawsuit brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg a “scam” and “witch hunt.”
▶ Read much astir day 1 of Trump’s hush money trial.
