“Do you pay attention or watch podcasts? If so, which ones?”Do you pay attention to the radio? If so, what programs?Have you been following Donald Trump on any social media lately or have you done so in the past?
Prospective jurors faced a test like no other, as they were for a spot in the first felony trial of a former president in U. S. history.
“Have you ever been a supporter of or belonged to any of the following groups:
More than 500 Manhattans won a subpoena on April 15 to appear in criminal district court, where Trump’s prosecutors and lawyers were expected to visit 12 of them, as well as several alternates, who will be able to separate their reviews on one of the world’s most prominent and debatable people.
Trump has pleaded guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records in the case, which stems from alleged attempts to conceal a “hush money” payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels. He accused Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg of handling the case for political reasons. win.
This is a statement that neither he nor his lawyers will be allowed to attend the trial. Instead, the judge will ask them to present a case focused on whether the allegations are true or false and whether Trump broke the law.
Here’s how the ruling will describe the case to jurors, according to a court filing released earlier this month:
“In essence, the indictments allege that Donald Trump falsified business documents to conceal an agreement with others to illegally influence the 2016 presidential election. Specifically, Donald Trump is alleged to have created or provoked false business documents to conceal the true nature of the bills issued. to Michael Cohen, characterizing them as payment for legal services rendered pursuant to an order of compromise. El Pueblo alleges that the invoices were, in fact, meant to reimburse Michael Cohen for the cash he had paid to Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, over the course of the weeks leading up to the presidential election to prevent her from publicly revealing the main points of a relationship beyond the sexual with Donald Trump.
Prospective jurors were given a questionnaire with 42 questions, ranging from the most mundane to the least unusual (“What do you do?”a demonstration or crusading occasion for an anti-Trump organization or organization?”).
Prosecutors submitted inquiries delving into the politics of potential jurors, but some were dismissed by Judge Juan Merchan. At a Feb. 15 hearing, a prosecutor said Bragg was seeking to ask potential jurors whether they believed Trump’s false claim that he won the 2020 election.
Trump’s lawyers objected to this question: “Do you believe the 2020 election was stolen?And it is not a questionnaire that was made public before the start of the procedure.
During the arduous multi-day jury selection process, many potential jurors would also be questioned through Trump’s lawyers and prosecutors.
But all of them had to answer the following questions first: