First 7 jurors seated in Trump trial as judge warns former president about comments
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Source: CBS News
Updated on: April 16, 2024 / 6:32 PM EDT
Seven Manhattan residents were selected to serve on the jury in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial on Tuesday, as lawyers for both sides clashed over which potential jurors should be seated and the judge warned the defendant to remain quiet.
During the selection process, the anonymous members of the jury were known only by letters and numbers, like B400 and B280. There are four men and three women, ranging from young to middle-aged. They include a salesman, a nurse, two lawyers, an IT consultant, a teacher and a software engineer. Three grew up elsewhere in Ireland, Oregon and Puerto Rico.
They all answered questions about their background and their opinion of Trump before they were chosen to serve on the jury for one of the highest-profile trials in American history. One member, the nurse, said she "[doesn't] really have" an opinion of the former president. She promised that she is "here for my civic duty" and "to listen to the facts." The IT consultant said, "My family is my hobby," and admitted to finding Trump "fascinating and mysterious."
The teacher said she has friends with strong opinions of Trump, but added that she's not very interested in politics or the news. "President Trump speaks his mind, and I'd rather that than someone who's in office who you don't know what they're thinking," she said. She was not aware that Trump faces criminal charges in other cases.
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Seven Manhattan residents were selected to serve on the jury in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial on Tuesday, as lawyers for both sides clashed over which potential jurors should be seated and the judge warned the defendant to remain quiet.
During the selection process, the anonymous members of the jury were known only by letters and numbers, like B400 and B280. There are four men and three women, ranging from young to middle-aged. They include a salesman, a nurse, two lawyers, an IT consultant, a teacher and a software engineer. Three grew up elsewhere, in Ireland, Oregon and Puerto Rico.
They all answered questions about their background and their opinion of Trump before they were chosen to serve on the jury for one of the highest-profile trials in American history. One member, the nurse, said she "[doesn't] really have" an opinion of the former president. She promised that she is "here for my civic duty" and "to listen to the facts." The IT consultant said, "My family is my hobby," and admitted to finding Trump "fascinating and mysterious."
The teacher said she has friends with strong opinions of Trump, but added that she's not very interested in politics or the news. "President Trump speaks his mind, and I'd rather that than someone who's in office who you don't know what they're thinking," she said. She was not aware that Trump faces criminal charges in other cases.
Updated on: April 16, 2024 / 4:23 PM EDT
Six Manhattan residents were sworn in Tuesday afternoon to serve on the jury in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial as lawyers for both sides clashed over which potential jurors should -- and should not -- be seated.
At least six more, plus another half dozen alternates, must still be chosen. Roughly 80 people have been excused since questioning began Monday. Most of them said they could not be impartial in deciding a case involving Trump. Others were dismissed based on their answers to questions about their political beliefs or social media posts.
A dispute over one juror's Facebook posts showing celebrations after Trump lost the 2020 election prompted audible comments from the former president on Tuesday. That earned him an admonishment from Judge Juan Merchan, who told Trump attorney Todd Blanche to speak to his client.
"Mr. Blanche, your client was audibly uttering something. He was audible, gesturing and speaking in the direction of the juror. I won't tolerate that," Merchan said. "I will not have any jurors intimidated in this courtroom. I want to make that crystal clear."
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Six Manhattan residents were sworn in Tuesday afternoon to serve on the jury in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial as lawyers for both sides clashed over which potential jurors should -- and should not -- be seated.
At least six more, plus another half dozen alternates, must still be chosen. Roughly 80 people have been excused since proceedings began Monday, most of whom said they could not be impartial in deciding a case involving Trump.
On Tuesday, a dispute over one juror's Facebook posts showing celebrations after Trump lost the 2020 election prompted audible comments from the former president. That earned him an admonishment from Judge Juan Merchan, who told Trump attorney Todd Blanche to speak to his client.
"Mr. Blanche, your client was audibly uttering something. He was audible, gesturing and speaking in the direction of the juror. I won't tolerate that," Merchan said. "I will not have any jurors intimidated in this courtroom. I want to make that crystal clear."
Marthe48
(17,011 posts)n/t
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,423 posts)what they should receive is the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is the nation's highest civilian award.
Marthe48
(17,011 posts)orangecrush
(19,609 posts)For the security detail they're going to need to keep the loonies away.
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,423 posts)orangecrush
(19,609 posts)Who was a bodyguard for Terry Anderson shortly after he returned from captivity in Iran.
God rest that Merry Gentleman, it would have hurt less to feed your Johnson to a blendomatic than to fuck with that guy.
Someone stupidly thought they didn't need to stop at the checkpoint once.
Running leap 10 feet to the car hood, with SMG barrel pressed against the drivers side windshield.
I remember being class demo for horribly painful joint locks, and the guy had me laughing so hard with his jokes I forgot it hurt....
ShazzieB
(16,485 posts)Lawrence O'Donnell said that on Monday there were a couple dozen Trumpers outside the courthouse at most. He also said they were quiet and and didn't cause any trouble.
I don't think there are going to be enouh loonies to be a problem.
orangecrush
(19,609 posts)Once they go home, they become soft targets for the same cadre of domestic terrorists that engaged in insurrection.
Think. Again.
(8,359 posts)....they will be threatened while serving and hounded after serving by random dumbf*ck magats for long time.
Even people with similar names will become targets of his brainwashed minions.
RainCaster
(10,911 posts)I'm so tired of this rich groping jackass getting away with so much shit that would have us in jail long ago. Why can't he be thrown into prison like anyone else while we wait for his jury to be sworn in? Just give him a suitable spanking over his bare orange encrusted butt and send him to bed early. We'll try again tomorrow and see if he can behave. If not, he goes back into jail for another day.
hlthe2b
(102,342 posts)I'm not sure how that foreperson was chosen, but in most cases the full 12 would have voted on someone... Interesting
Jonah Bromwich
April 16, 2024, 3:56 p.m. ET10 minutes ago
10 minutes ago
The foreperson who was just selected thats juror one, the de facto leader of the group who will likely help steer deliberations works in sales and enjoys the outdoors. He is originally from Ireland, but will help decide the former American presidents fate.
BumRushDaShow
(129,362 posts)I believe they were going for 18 (12 main, 6 alternates).
hlthe2b
(102,342 posts)VERY unusual. And I'm sure TSF will have something to say about his being from Ireland originally.... Does that make him biased toward Biden?
BumRushDaShow
(129,362 posts)*I* just got done serving as a juror in a (thankfully short) criminal trial today here in Philly and the foreman was also juror #1. But from day one, he was very blabby and assertive so everyone else just tossed it over to him.
hlthe2b
(102,342 posts)so, I seem to be 0/2 in recent years for actually serving. I'm willing, but either my profession or my honest answers to their questions-- make Defense attorneys (especially) all too willing to excuse me.
Unbeknownst to me, my last call for jury duty was for a murder trial wherein the defendant had argued for years with his elderly neighbor and one day following a verbal altercation went home to get his assault rifle and shot him dead--none of which I had any clue whatsoever. When I started being questioned about views on guns, I probably started off pretty noncontroversial, saying I felt guns were appropriate for self-defense --but then (unknowingly stepped in it) emphasized that self-defense did not mean non-imminent non-life-threatening danger--especially for those who go back to a car or home to get the gun before returning to use it. OH, MY. That was apparently exactly what had happened and the defense attorney lost all the blood flow to his face. They then went into Chambers (in the middle of voir dire) and the next thing I knew a very pissed-off judge indicated the trial would be rescheduled pending a psych eval. (Apparently the defense was to be self-defense, but I'd inadvertently shown the entire jury pool how ridiculous that would be-- ) All because of that uppity potential juror (me) anticipating their strategy. LOL (Two years later, the trial was held and he was duly convicted).
They have been trying to get me for 44 years so they finally succeeded.
I know I had a couple of "almosts" including a civil asbestos case years ago, and since I was a chemist, both sides were chomping at the bit, but I warned them about my knowledge and I expect one side figured I would be too prejudicial. Another case was settled before our group stepped into the courtroom and we were dismissed right then and there. And yet another, I had to beg off due to work scheduling (being a supervisor at the time who was the only one around due to vacation schedules, I had to be there for administrative purposes and boy did I battle the judge on that but as a fed at the time in an understaffed agency, it was what it was).
All the other times I was either out of town or I was told the night before not to report or once in the jury assembly area, I was never called, and was dismissed at noon.
But they got me this time. Retired, so no "work" excuse (although I have been in PT a couple times a week for the past couple months but I wasn't sure if a doctor's note would fly based on what would basically be an activity of "sitting" ).
ShazzieB
(16,485 posts)The first time didn't count, because we had just moved, and the summons was from the county we had moved out of. I replied, "Sorry, I don't live there any more," and that was that.
The second time, I showed up but wasn't seated on the jury. At least I can say I know what it's like to fill out a jury questionnaire and go through voir dire, but I really hope I get to serve sometime. It's an important civic duty that I would love to carry out if I ever get the chance, but they almost never seem to draw my name.
Demobrat
(8,986 posts)One time a case was settled at the last minute and the judge said see you next year as we all got up to leave.
Here, once you complete jury duty once you are on the sucker list. I got to where I could plan for the summons. Every year on the anniversary of my last summons like clockwork.
bedazzled
(1,768 posts)First time made it clear that I wasn't down with giving the state a drug dealer's possessions without proof they were bought using drug money.
Second time I gave the impression I didn't like ambulance chaser lawyers. They got rid of me right away.
AllaN01Bear
(18,346 posts)see the whites of the jurors eyes . quote .
Demobrat
(8,986 posts)the defendant was accused of walking up to two people sitting in a car and shooting them dead through the window.
I told them what I thought about guns. Next thing I knew I was out on the sidewalk.
bedazzled
(1,768 posts)I get called for jury duty every year it seems...
Been on 3 juries
One slip and fall ... hellishly boring
One drug possession ... cops messed up so we found them innocent
One attempted murder ... stabbing ... found them guilty
It's a great responsibility
LiberalFighter
(51,034 posts)I called them to ask them if acoustics were bad in the court room.
I explained that I had a body type of hearing aid and trouble at times when there is a lot of space and bad acoustics. They excused me. I believe permanently. If I don't have my hearing aid properly placed in the pocket or clipped to my shirt there can also be clothing noise.
Princess Turandot
(4,787 posts)peppertree
(21,651 posts)fierywoman
(7,688 posts)first juror chosen automatically becomes the foreperson, regardless of age, education, communicating skills, etc.
Paper Roses
(7,474 posts)If you are the first juror chosen, for are the foreperson. Not sure how I feel about that rule.
NanaCat
(1,231 posts)I can guarantee that if a lawyer serves on a jury, the chances of that person being the foreperson is close to 100%. Most people don't want to be the 'face' of a jury, especially not in a high-profile case like this, but lawyers don't mind--and it's the rare civilian who would disagree.
Most Americans are intimidated with the court system and are either followers or go-along-to-get-along types. I doubt any future selectees will care if someone became foreperson before they were seated. Less work for them!
piddyprints
(14,648 posts)Maybe Meidas Touch Michael Popock, said NY takes the first one as the foreperson. If that person is dismissed, they just all move up a chair.
maxsolomon
(33,379 posts)Get ready: you're going to get a fine and probation, MFer!
JT45242
(2,286 posts)I taught for 20 years ....
If she doesn't know that TFG is facing other charges, then she is
A) headless and too stupid to teach
B) lying either because she wants to get TFG off or because she wants to convict
Since neither side asked questions that got her struck for cause,...I am left with headless idiot.
johne8408
(3 posts)Tell that to the grandparents/great grandparents of the African Americans who were tried, for example, In Mississippi or Alabama in the 1940s. What a whiner!
malthaussen
(17,216 posts)Who ought to be relatively sophisticated and in touch with things, being one of the news capitals of the world.
It's kind of depressing, actually.
-- Mal
StarryNite
(9,459 posts)"President Trump speaks his mind" Ugh
William Seger
(10,779 posts)Yes, he does "speak his mind," having no filter between his "inner voice" and his mouth, and from that we can discern much better, non-mysterious description: an obnoxiously self-obsessed, transactional, vindictive, willfully ignorant, reactionary, misogynistic, racist, unregistered sex offender who has lied and cheated his way through every aspect of his life.
Orrex
(63,220 posts)Until you recognize it for what it is, of course.
On the other hand, mysterious? Has any character in US history ever been less mysterious?
ancianita
(36,130 posts)If I ever was in a jury pool, I don't know it; never had a shot at being on a jury, either in Florida or in Chicago, Illinois.
I learned from a Chicago lawyer that courts in Illinois/Chicago don't draw from residents of Chicago's Hyde Park on the South Side. He speculated that Hyde Parkers are considered too somethin somethin' liberal and smart, which, if he's right, sounds pretty discriminatory.
The New Yorkers chosen today sound a lot smarter than folks I knew in Chicago's Hyde Park. Glad they're jurors in this trial.
orangecrush
(19,609 posts)"President Trump speaks his mind, and I'd rather that than someone who's in office who you don't know what they're thinking,"
What the ABSOLUTE FUCKING FUCK???!!!
THAT PASSES FOR IMPARTIAL?
And the rest of it sounds like bullshit.
StarryNite
(9,459 posts)Sounds more like they're talking about James Bond.
orangecrush
(19,609 posts)What they're doing.
Sure they would have mixed it if there was good reason.
I'm just so used to him getting special treatment I jump the gun.
Silver Gaia
(4,546 posts)crap I hear from my college students. They probably heard some influencer on TikTok say these things.
Many adults in America no longer know how to think for themselves. Reading comprehension is reduced to a paragraph (if it's simple), and they have no critical thinking skills whatsoever. Far too many say they get their news from social media and have no idea how to research or fact-check, and too many, especially women, say they aren't "interested" in politics so pay no attention to it.
Anecdotal, I know, but my students come from all over the country, not just one geographical area. It's dismaying. But at least the ones who pass my class leave with some critical thinking skills.
orangecrush
(19,609 posts)For making better people.
Silver Gaia
(4,546 posts)I try!
Deminpenn
(15,290 posts)with a potential juror who was excused. She said she'd never seen Trump in person, but when she did in court, he struck her as "just a guy". I think that's the biggest effect of this trial. Trump will be shown as "just a guy", not scary at all.
aurora the great
(75 posts)Fascinating and Mysterious is exactly what I would have said to get picked for this jury. Just sayin!
Thunderbeast
(3,418 posts)What rock could she be living under?
Sorry....I find that statement not credible.
slightlv
(2,828 posts)historically significant and all that...
niyad
(113,527 posts)Either she is a trumper, and lying through her teeth, or she is too f'n clueless to be "teaching", regardless of her subject or grade.
littlemissmartypants
(22,735 posts)Kablooie
(18,638 posts)As always.
I dont expect the judge to do anything substantive, no matter what his reputation.
Perhaps some fines but nothing that would ever make Trump think twice about misbehaving.
We will probably hear of Trump being chastised over and over again with warnings.