manhattan. man is he angry. the former president arrived 20 minutes ago lashing out repeatedly at the gag order that has been imposed on him by judge merchan. it comes as today s goal is to get the five alternate jurors to pick the full 18-member panel to hopefully kick off opening arguments in this trial on monday. as far as the jury that has already been picked they say they ll judge this case fairly and impartially and only rely on the evidence that they hear. the former president says that s the problem. he says the case shouldn t have been brought and the gag order he is demanding be lifted now. the gag order has to come off. i should be allowed to speak. every time i come out to speak to you. some of the views expressed by a few of the jurors have raised eyebrows. trump s attorney tried to keep one woman off the jury critical
of trump telling the court quote, i don t like his persona, how he presents himself in public. i don t like some of my co-workers but i don t try to sabotage their work. it prompted laughter in the jury box but trump s attorneys weren t laughing. they tried to keep that woman off jury but they ran out of challenges. she is on. another juror is more positive saying she likes the fact that in her words trump speaks his mind. a man follows the former president on truth social but also follows michael cohen on x. speaking of cohen, the expected star witness, the president continues to attack him on social media and alvin bragg has demanded trump be found in contempt of court and cited ten examples that could cost the former president $10,000 in fines if the judge finds that he did violate the gag order. that charge also carries a 30-day jail term but nobody here believes that the former president basically would be