Donald Trump Hush Money Trial: All 12 Jurors Selected After One Dropped Out Over Fears for Her Safety
All 12 jurors for the Donald Trump hush money trial in New York have been selected. However, this came after potential jury intimidation. One juror dropped out for fear for her life following Fox News host Jesse Watters outed some of her potentially identifying details. This led Judge Juan Merchan to warn the media not to report on where jurors worked.
The court is now selecting alternate jurors, and this is on track to end before the weekend. This means prosecutors could start presenting the case by early next week as the historic criminal trial of the former president, the first in history, continues.
According to the Associated Press, the 12-person jury includes a sales professional, a software engineer, a security engineer, an English teacher, a speech therapist, multiple lawyers, an investment banker, and a retired wealth manager. They will be deciding the fate of the man running for the White House while simultaneously facing four different criminal cases.
The presumptive Republican nominee has been trapped in his own echo chamber and has surrounded himself with the adoration of his supporters, only used to listening to news channels that constantly praise him, like Fox News and Newsmax. He would be required to sit in court and listen to unflattering testimonies about himself and be presented with damning pieces of evidence against him.
For now, Trump has insisted that he did not do anything and has pleaded not guilty to accusations that he broke campaign finance laws by using campaign money to pay off adult film actress Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about their affair while his wife, Melania Trump, just gave birth to their son, Baron Trump.
Fox News Host May Have Forced One Donald Trump Hush Money Trial Juror To Quit
Meanwhile, right-wing media is trying to paint the jury as liberal hacks who would judge Trump guilty anyway. This became evident when one juror quit for fear of her own life soon after Fox News host Jesse Watters pointed out that she said, "No one is above the law."
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Judge Juan Merchan excused the juror that Watters talked about in his Fox News show. The excused juror who dropped out us a nurse and she stated that friends and family had already reached out to ask if she was serving on the jury, according to Salon. Merchan then warned the media not to report on who the jurors were.
Watters may have doxxed the woman and may have made her the target of harassment from Trump's fanatical supporters, with several media outlets reporting potentially identifying biographical information about her, including her job and the neighborhood she called home. He may have further whipped up Trump supporters against her, too, as he said, "This nurse scares me if I'm Trump" in his program.
Donald Trump Supporter Pleads Guilty to Sending Death Threats Vs. Judge Overseeing Fraud Case
Meanwhile, the danger these Trump fanatics pose was just highlighted after a New York man pleaded guilty to sending death threats to both Judge Arthur Engoron, the judge in the Donald Trump fraud trial, and New York AG Letitia James.
Tyler Vogel, 26, admitted to one felony count of making a terroristic threat and one misdemeanor count of making a threat of mass harm. He threatened both public servants with "death and physical harm" if they did not comply with his demands to "cease action" in the Trump case, per the Associated Press.
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Written by: Rick Martin
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