A brief jury selection explainer for the defendant, Donald Trump
The former president and current criminal defendant appears to be confused about the jury selection process. Here again are the rules for anyone who's wondering.
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Trump juror dismissed after being sworn in for hush money trial
A juror who was sworn in for the hush money trial of former President Trump has been dismissed after they said they no longer believed they could be impartial. NBC News' Vaughn Hillyard reports from outside the New York courthouse as jury selection resumes for the third day.
Biden is leading among younger voters in new polling
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Seated juror dismissed in Trump hush money trial
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Former Attorney General Bill Barr said Wednesday he will vote for former President Trump in the November presidential election, saying while Trump is playing 'Russian roulette,' a second Biden term would be national suicide.
'The end of his quest for Manhattan's approval': How Trump's trial exposes his insecurities
With his trial set to resume Thursday, Donald Trump is complaining about the jury selection process. Plus there's more drama with the House GOP as Speaker Johnson faces more threats to his position. Yamiche Alcindor, McKay Coppins, and Barbara McQuade join Stephanie Ruhle to discuss.
'A clear violation': Gagged Trump posts Fox lie about criminal case jury pool
In what MSNBC Legal Analyst Andrew Weissmann called a clear violation of his criminal case gag order, Donald Trump posted a claim by a Fox host about the jury pool in his New York criminal trial. MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell is joined by Weissmann and Adam Pollock, former Assistant Attorney General for New York State.
Lawrence reacts to Trump post attacking NY criminal case jury pool
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Trump attacks hush money prosecutor on crime--but NYC crime is down
Donald Trump is seeing jury selection in his New York hush money election interference trial move faster than many expected, with the judge overseeing the trial claiming that opening statements could start as soon as Monday. Trump railing against crime and the prosecutor in an apparent attempt to discredit this trial is discussed by Joy Reid and her panel.
Trump’s Putin fixation infects GOP: Russian propaganda ‘has invaded ranks of Republican Party’
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