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Seven jurors on Tuesday were selected in Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York, the first criminal trial against a former US president. Representatives of the prosecution and defence as well as Judge Juan Merchan interviewed a number of candidates for the jury before agreeing on seven jurors on Tuesday, after no candidates were selected on day one. The search for five more could continue for several more days. Trump, who leads a sprawling real estate business, is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records as part of a scheme involving his former lawyer Michael Cohen to conceal…

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