Here's what you missed this week in the Donald Trump hush money triall

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Outside the courthouse, dozens of MAGA supporters -- outnumbered by members of the media -- came out in support of Trump, along with a few counter-protestors.
60% : The three women and four men included an oncology nurse, a corporate attorney; an English teacher who respected that Trump "speaks his mind;" an IT worker who said he found Trump's ability to walk into a room and set everyone off was "fascinating;" and a software engineer and recent college grad.
48% : This coming week is expected to see opening statements and the first witnesses as the court examines how Trump allegedly made the hush money payments in a bid to influence the results of the 2016 election -- just as the nation stares down the next one.
48% : The other excused juror -- who earlier called Trump "fascinating and mysterious" -- was excused after it was discovered a man with the same name was arrested for tearing down right-wing political posters in the '90s.
45% : "He was gesturing, and he was speaking in [their] direction," the judge said, scolding Trump through his lawyer.
43% : "The more days that go on and more and more people in my life know that I'm here without me even telling them, they just put pieces together."
40% : One of the twelve jurors follows Trump on Truth Social and has read "The Art of the Deal," while another confessed she didn't "like his persona.
34% : The day also saw the first -- but almost certainly not the last -- more contentious moment between Trump and Merchan.
32% : The first day of the trial kicked off with several legal blows for Trump, who nodded off points during the trial.
29% : Prosecutor Conroy also said that Trump had violated his gag order a whopping seven more times since Monday.
27% : " Assistant District Attorney Chris Conroy said Trump should be fined $1,000 for each Truth Social post in violation of the order.
24% : Trump has been charged with 34 felony counts for allegedly falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels, Playboy model Karen MacDougal and a Trump Tower doorman.
23% : The judge said he spotted Trump acting up as a woman was summoned for further questioning.
9% : Between Donald Trump nodding off; jurors being selected only to drop out; and Trump's alleged repeat violations of a gag order prohibiting him from speaking publicly about trial participants, it's clear the six-week trial will be an unprecedented chapter in the history of both politics and criminal justice.
2% : " Prosecutors also asked the judge to hold Trump in criminal contempt of court for continuing to post comments about witnesses Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels, including a post where Trump attacked Cohen as a liar and a "sleazebag.

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