Trump trial live updates: Defense lawyers produce juror Facebook posts to argue too biased to sit on jury

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Jury selection is expected to continue this morning in the case of the People of the State of New York v. Donald Trump — the first criminal trial of a former president. The quest to find a jury of 12 people and six alternates got off to a slow start yesterday, as more than half of the 96 potential jurors summoned to the Manhattan courtroom said they couldn’t be “fair and impartial” when it comes to Trump, the polarizing New York native and former commander-in-chief. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, is required to be in attendance for the trial, which is projected to last six to eight weeks. He has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment to a porn star during the closing days of the 2016 presidential election. The low-level felony is punishable by up to four years in prison. Trump complained after court yesterday that Merchan wouldn’t let him skip court May 17 to attend his son’s high school graduation, though Merchan has yet to actually rule on the request, saying he would do so later. Show more