Trump juror apologizes for feeling intimidated

A juror has been excused from the criminal case against Donald Trump This Thursday after claiming that he felt threatened Because was made public Some? Personal data that allows you to be identifiedsaid the judge overseeing the case. Addressing the court, the juror said that she had been contacted by family, friends and colleagues after it became known through information leaked to the press that she was part of the jury. ,I don’t think I can be fair and impartial on this point.And that outside influences do not influence my decision-making in the room,” the juror said. one of the selected seven earlier this week.

He said, “We lost what probably would have been a very good juror.” The judge of the case, Juan Marchán, after the juror was excused, and ordered the press to refrain from reporting on the workplaces of potential jurors. After this decline, For a jury that requires ten people, only six members are selected.

Decision highlights extraordinary pressure which surrounds The first criminal trial in history against a former US president, Trump has criticized witnesses, judicial officials and members of his own family involved in the case, prompting Marchen to order partial sanctions against him. Prosecutor Christopher Conroy said: Trump violated the gag order Recent posts about former Trump lawyer and potential star prosecution witness Michael Cohen and an April 17 post in which he said undercover liberal activists were lying to the judge to try to get on the jury.

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Search for jurors It’s no easy task to be trumpApart from being a presidential candidate, A divisive figure in American politics and society, Some of those being investigated by the jury have been charged with violating the gag order.

Lawyers will continue to search for jurors Trump’s fate is to be decided in the trial this Thursday, which is being held just months before his next trial Election revenge against Democratic President Joe Biden, His job is to find New Yorkers who can be impartial to the Republican presidential candidate in heavily Democratic Manhattan, where the businessman-turned-politician made his name decades ago as a real estate mogul. Trump has declared himself innocent of 34 serious crimes Allegedly tampering with records For hide bribe till porn star stormy daniels To keep your relationship quiet.

The jurors selected so far include a nurse, a software engineer and two corporate lawyers. The judge said this The identities of the 12 jurors and six alternate members will remain anonymous., except trumpHis lawyers and prosecutors. The hearing may start from next Monday If a full jury can be selected this week. A guilty verdict would not legally bar Trump from serving as president.But half of independent voters and one in four Republicans They say they won’t vote for him if he’s convictedAccording to a Reuters and Ipsos poll that closed on April 8.