十二名陪审员已经在历史性的罪犯封口费前总统唐纳德·特朗普的审判。
在上午的一次挫折导致两名周二就座的陪审员被解雇后,双方的律师很快在周四用尽了他们的罢工,并由七男五女组成的陪审团对前总统进行审判。
陪审团的选择定于周五恢复,以找到该案剩余的五名候补陪审员。
预计最早将于周一进行开庭陈述。
以下是试验第三天的五大收获。
12名陪审员,三天后选出一名候补
周四晚些时候,由12名成员组成的陪审团开庭,另外还有一名候补陪审员。
“我们有我们的陪审团,”法官Merchan说。
陪审员名单如下:
1号陪审员:男性,销售人员
2号陪审员:男性,投资银行家
3号陪审员:男,律师
4号陪审员:男,安全工程师
5号陪审员:女,教师
6号陪审员:女性,软件工程师
7号陪审员:男,律师
8号陪审员:男性,退休理财经理
9号陪审员:女性,语言治疗师
10号陪审员:男性,在一家眼镜公司工作
11号陪审员:女性,产品开发经理
12号陪审员:女性,物理治疗师
替补1号:女性,资产管理公司分析师
特朗普听到了对他个性的不同看法
前总统特朗普坐在被告席上,花了一个下午的时间听取对他的总统任期和性格的反对评论。
首先,当被问及是否对他有任何强烈的意见时,一名参加审判的女性陪审员直言不讳地说,“我不喜欢他的角色”。
“他在公众面前表现自己的方式...这位陪审员说:“他非常自私自利。“所以,我真的不欣赏任何公务员。我不了解他这个人...但他在公共场合的表现,以及他在公共场合的举止,都不是我喜欢的。”
特朗普似乎身体前倾,仔细聆听她的回答,有时还会坐立不安。她说完后,他向后一靠,交叉双臂。
然后,一名男性准陪审员拿起麦克风说,他发现特朗普“相当惊人”。
“他是纽约的一名商人。这位未来的陪审员说。“他创造了历史...我对此印象深刻。”
特朗普再次俯下身子,听着这个新的答案。
“我也是从企业家做起的...让很多事情发生了,”这位未来的陪审员说。“就像他一样。”
作为一名在执法部门工作了一辈子的纽约人,他说他对曲棍球的热爱也让他对特朗普充满热情。
“作为一名想成为冰球运动员的人,我仍然感谢他修好了那个没人能修好的沃尔曼溜冰场,”他谈到特朗普在20世纪80年代翻新的中央公园溜冰场时说。
男陪审员没有进入陪审团,但女陪审员进入了。特朗普周四离开法庭时被问及她。
“陪审员说你自私。这让你感觉如何?”有记者提问,但特朗普没有回应。
两名陪审员必须更换
周四上午,法庭以一个艰难的开始开始,此前法官Merchan表示,法庭接到了原坐的2号陪审员的电话,她表示“在睡了一夜之后,她对是否继续审理此案感到担忧”。
她告诉Merchan,她“现在肯定很担心”关于她的公开报道。她说,在同事和家人说她可能已经被认出来后,她收到了关于她身份的问题。
“在这一点上,我不相信我能做到公正和无偏见,”这位陪审员说,他最终被解雇了。
另一名陪审员被免除职务,此前检察官对过去一起涉及移除政治海报的事件和一项与他妻子有关的涉嫌欺诈表示担忧。
检察官再次指控特朗普违反有限禁言令
周四,检方指控特朗普在此案中违反了更多限制言论自由令。
检察官声称,自他们本周早些时候最后一次提到这个问题以来,特朗普又七次违反了禁言令。
“这太荒谬了,必须停止,”他们说。“我们要求你判被告藐视法庭。“
检察官表示,他们可能会寻求比罚款更严厉的处罚,称他们仍在“考虑他们的选择”。
特朗普律师埃米尔·博夫反驳说,这些帖子“没有证明存在任何故意侵权行为。”
关于这个问题的听证会定于下周举行。
出于担忧,检察官对第一证人的身份保持沉默
检察官对审判中传唤的第一批证人保密。
当辩护律师托德·布兰奇(Todd Blanche)要求提供前三名州证人的姓名时,检察官约书亚·斯坦格拉斯(Joshua Steinglass)拒绝在开庭陈述后提供第一批计划证人的姓名。
斯坦格拉斯说:“特朗普先生一直在推特上谈论这些证人。“我们不会告诉你谁是证人。”
布兰奇试图通过发誓前总统不会公布可能的证人来缓解这种担忧。
“我不认为你可以做出那样的陈述,”法官Merchan说。
5 big takeaways from Day 3 of Trump's hush money trial
Twelve jurors have been seated in the historiccriminal hush moneytrial of former President Donald Trump.
After a setback in the morning resulting in the dismissal of two jurors who were seated on Tuesday, lawyers for both sides quickly exhausted their strikes Thursday and landed on a jury of seven men and five women to sit in judgment of the former president.
Jury selection is scheduled to resume on Friday to find the remaining five alternate jurors for the case.
Opening statements are expected as early as Monday.
Here are the five top takeaways from Day 3 of the trial.
12 jurors, one alternate selected after three days
A full jury of 12 members was seated late Thursday, in addition to one alternate juror.
"We have our jury," Judge Merchan said.
A breakdown of the jurors is as follows:
Juror No. 1: Male, in Sales [Foreperson]
Juror No. 2: Male, Investment Banker
Juror No. 3: Male, Attorney
Juror No. 4: Male, Security Engineer
Juror No. 5: Female, Teacher
Juror No. 6: Female, Software Engineer
Juror No. 7: Male, Attorney
Juror No. 8: Male, Retired Wealth Manager
Juror No. 9: Female, Speech Therapist
Juror No. 10: Male, works for Eyewear Company
Juror No. 11: Female, Product Development Manager
Juror No. 12: Female, Physical Therapist
Alternate No. 1: Female, Analyst for Asset Manager
Trump hears differing views of his personality
Former President Trump, sitting at the defense table, spent the afternoon listening to opposing reviews of his presidency and character.
First, a female juror who was seated for the trial bluntly said, "I don't like his persona," when asked if she has any strong opinions about him.
"The way he presents himself in public ... he is just very selfish and self-serving," the juror said. "So, I don't really appreciate that in any public servant. I don't know him as a person ... but just how he is in public, and how he carries himself in public, it's not my cup of tea."
Trump seemed to be leaning forward listening carefully to her answer, at times fidgeting. He leaned back and crossed his arms when she finished.
Then, a male prospective juror took the mic and said he found Trump "pretty amazing."
"He was a businessman in New York. He forged his way," the prospective juror said. "He kind of made history ... I'm impressed with that."
Trump leaned forward again, listening to this new answer.
"I started as an entrepreneur as well ... made a lot of things happen," the prospective juror said. "Just like he has."
A lifelong New Yorker who works in law enforcement, he said that his love of hockey also made him feel warmly toward Trump.
"As a wannabe hockey player, I still thank him for fixing that Wollman Rink that nobody could fix," he said of the ice skating rink in Central Park that Trump had refurbished in the 1980s.
The male juror did not make it onto the jury but the female one did. Trump was asked about her as he left the courtroom on Thursday.
"The juror called you selfish. How does that make you feel?" a reporter asked, but Trump didn't respond.
Two jurors had to be replaced
Court began with a rocky start Thursday morning after Judge Merchan said the court received a call from originally-seated Juror No. 2, who conveyed that "after sleeping on it overnight, she had concerns" about serving on the case.
She told Merchan she "definitely has concerns now" regarding what has been reported about her publicly. She said she received questions about her identity after colleagues and family said she may have been identified.
"I don't believe at this point that I can be fair and unbiased," the juror said, who was ultimately dismissed.
Another juror was excused after prosecutors expressed concerns about a past incident involving removing political posters and an alleged fraud related to his wife.
Prosecutors again accuse Trump of violating limited gag order
On Thursday, prosecutors accused Trump of more violations of the limited gag order in the case.
Since they last mentioned the issue earlier this week, Trump violated the gag order seven more times, prosecutors claimed.
"It's ridiculous, it has to stop," they said. "We are asking you to hold the defendant in contempt."
Prosecutors indicated they could seek harsher penalties than just fines, saying they are still "considering their options."
Trump attorney Emile Bove pushed back, saying the posts "don't establish there were any willful violations."
A hearing on the issue is set for next week.
Citing concerns, prosecutors mum on identity of 1st witnesses
Prosecutors are keeping their cards close regarding who the first witnesses called at trial will be.
When defense attorney Todd Blanche requested the names of the first three state witnesses, prosecutor Joshua Steinglass declined to provide the name of the first planned witnesses following opening statements.
"Mr. Trump has been tweeting about the witnesses," Steinglass said. "We are not telling you who the witnesses are."
Blanche attempted to ease that concern by vowing that the former president would not post about the likely witnesses.
"I don't think you can make that representation," Judge Merchan said.