Learn more

Despite former President Donald Trump’s many attempts to delay his first criminal trial, jury selection got underway in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday, April 15 and continued the following day. Justice Juan Merchan had a stern warning for the former president on the trial’s second day, saying, “He was gesturing, and he was speaking in the direction of the juror. I will not have any jurors intimidated in this courtroom.” Yet by the end of the day, seven jurors had been selected — including, among others, two attorneys, an oncology nurse and a software engineer. READ MORE: Legal expert explains…

cuu