Steinglass, a prosecutor, asks whether any of the 18 prospective jurors would have trouble finding Trump guilty if the prosecutors prove their case. He goes down the line asking each of them. Not one expresses any concerns about doing so.
Maggie Haberman
Trump is staring intently at the jury box as the voir dire goes on. He begins shaking his head as Joshua Steinglass, a prosecutor, references someone being “criminally liable” for the acts of others.
Jonah Bromwich
Steinglass is saying the same things he said to prospective jurors on Tuesday, including that the case is about whether Trump broke the law. But he sounds spontaneous. Trial lawyers are like theater actors, keeping their lines fresh day after day.
Jonah Bromwich
It was an eventful morning: two jurors were dismissed, reducing the number of seated jurors to five. Prosecutors said Trump violated his gag order many more times. And the judge asked the media to stop reporting visual information about potential jurors.
Benjamin Protess
Jurors are routinely excused by the dozens during the selection process, but losing two seated jurors in one day, including one who got cold feet, underscores the unprecedented nature of putting a polarizing former president on trial.
Jonah Bromwich
Justice Merchan taps the microphone and speaks: He is excusing juror #4, who drew concern for possibly misrepresenting himself when answering the questionnaire. We are down to five seated jurors.
Jonah Bromwich
We got one of our best looks at Trump in the courtroom thus far as he waited before leaving. He stood still, pursed his lips and stared at the ceiling. When he was permitted to leave, he rubbed his hand and directed a tight smile at a reporter seated in the back row.
Maggie Haberman
One thing that strikes me as we listen to these answers from jurors — one who follows Trump on social media, another who’s read a book by a prosecutor who investigated him — is how much Trump’s ubiquity over 40 years in this city hangs over this case.
