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Former President Donald Trump sits in a New York courtroom as jury selection proceeds in one of his criminal cases.Jabin Botsford/Pool Photo via AP Tim Bakken, United States Military Academy West Point and Karrin Vasby Anderson, Colorado State University The second week is wrapping up in former President Donald Trump’s first criminal trial on charges from the state of New York related to paying hush money to an adult film star. So far, the jury has been selected, but no other proceedings have begun. The Conversation U.S. interviewed Tim Bakken, a former New York prosecutor and now a legal scho…