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50% : The outsized media attention and public interest in the case isn't the only thing driving some would-be jurors to their breaking points, though.
46% : I wouldn't want someone who feels like this to judge my case either.
43% : The completion of the jury selection process tees up the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president for opening statements and weeks of testimony in a case charging Trump with falsifying business records to suppress stories about his sex life emerging in the final days of the 2016 election.
43% : The completion of the jury selection process tees up the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president for opening statements and weeks of testimony in a case charging Trump with falsifying business records to suppress stories about his sex life emerging in the final days of the 2016 election.
40% : He has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.-- Judge in Trump case orders media not to report where potential jurors work-- Social media searches play central role in jury selection for Trump's trial-- Only 1 in 3 US adults think Trump acted illegally in New York hush money case, AP-NORC poll showsHere's the latest:Judge Juan M. Merchan, seemingly unaware of what was unfolding outside the courthouse on Friday afternoon, told newly selected jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial that opening statements are set for Monday at 9:30 a.m.Merchan is expected to hold a hearing Friday at 3:15 p.m. on the prosecution's desire to question the former president, should he testify, regarding his recent civil court losses.
39% : She added that her husband sends her news that seems important and that she has no strong opinions on Trump.
39% : As potential jurors ran through the questionnaire, Trump appeared to lean over at the defense table, scribbling on some papers and occasionally exchanging notes with his lawyers.
37% : But when another potential juror mentioned that he follows the White House Instagram account, including when Trump was in office, the former president looked up and toward the jury box.
34% : Trump has pleaded not guilty.
33% : Prosecutors say Trump obscured the true nature of such payments in internal business documents.
32% : Donald Trump shuffled through papers at the defense table Friday morning after walking into Manhattan court for the fourth day of jury selection in his hush money trial.
29% : One prospective juror said she had connections to not one but two people who've been in Trump's orbit: the former president's ex-lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who backed Trump in 2020 but later ran against him.
28% : Prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney's office are currently looking to fine Trump over violating his gag order after disparaging witnesses in the case on social media.
28% : Donald Trump raised his right fist as he headed to his motorcade while leaving Trump Tower on Friday.
24% : After Thursday's court proceedings, Trump complained to reporters that he should have been out campaigning but was in court instead for what he said was a "very unfair trial.
23% : Trump has said none of the alleged sexual encounters occurred.
22% : Trump says he did nothing wrong and has cast himself as the victim of a politically motivated justice system bent on keeping him out of the White House.
16% : U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington denied defense lawyers' request to put the civil cases seeking to hold Trump responsible for the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on hold while a separate criminal case accusing him of conspiring to overturn his election defeat to President Joe Biden plays out.
15% : At the heart of the allegations is a $130,000 payment made to porn actor Stormy Daniels by Michael Cohen, Trump's former lawyer and personal fixer, to prevent her claims of a sexual encounter with Trump from becoming public in the final days of the 2016 race.
14% : Donald Trump lost a bid Thursday to pause a string of lawsuits accusing him of inciting the U.S. Capitol attack, while the former president fights his 2020 election interference criminal case in Washington.
12% : The trial will place Trump in a Manhattan courtroom for weeks, forcing him to juggle his dual role as criminal defendant and political candidate against the backdrop of his hotly contested race against President Joe Biden.
8% : Manhattan prosecutors have said they want to question Trump about his recent civil fraud trial that resulted in a $454 million judgment after a judge found Trump had lied about his wealth for years.

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