process, to undermine the judicial system. in yet another last-ditch effort this afternoon, trumps lawyers tried to get an emergency stay from a new york state appeals court, arguing there was no possible way for trump to get a fair trial in manhattan. the response from the district attorney, alvin bragg s office was simple . with the last week has shown is that the jury selection has worked. we have 18 ordinary new yorkers who are ready to serve. it would be unfair to them and the public for this trial to be delayed further. the appeals court judge agreed and rejected trump s request. right now, the good news is amidst all the intensity and the rock is, the judicial system so far has not meant to trumps attacks. despite what he says, the system is working for the former president, just like it would for any other american. at the end of today, a full jury in a 12 member jury with 6 alternates was seated. donald trump s peers, who may
has to be made aware of that. sorry. they do not have to disclose things that are not about his prior bad acts, they can do with any line of questioning they want but if they talk about tiger things that have happened to donald trump or he has done, then he has to know about that. exactly. thank you for that clarification. let s talk about 12 jurors, 6 alternates, the maximum number of alternates. typically speaking, a case doesn t run out of jurors and alternates but as the pressure continues to be on these tours and or their identities become known either because the media doesn t handle this well or for whatever reason, is there any concern that some full complement of jurors doesn t make it to the end of this trial ? definitely. that is why judge merchan shows the maximum allowable alternates allowed in new york unless it is a murder one case. we already had one yesterday come back and say on second thought she can t handle it.
a witch hunt. trump posted a video on true social that wrongfully attacked the drivers, all in an attempt to paint the process as rigged. this is a manhattan jury. it went 87% for biden. one of the jury said, i don t believe they can be fair. the deck is stacked against him. trump violated election laws. okay. what laws? not often that our buddy von hilliard makes it into one of those ads. you may have noticed my colleagues in the video donald trump posted. what von hilliard was talking about was the former juror number two, the woman who asked to be removed from the trial because she felt the exposure of her identity, which was described at length by the media, meant she could no longer be fair. it wasn t a confession that she was biased against trump but defendant donald trump s project all along has been to distort the truth surrounding this trial to attack the
new yorkers reported for jury duty. upon entering the courthouse in lower manhattan, these new yorkers discovered the defendant in the criminal case sitting before them was the former president, donald trump when the prospective jurors were initially asked if they could be impartial during the trial of donald trump, many came forward and said they could not, point blank. those people were dismissed and got to come home. the 20 said they could remain fair and impartial, they were then questioned further during what is called the voire dire process. what they do for fun, how they consume their news, they live their lives. one potential juror elicited left one he said his hobby is, trying to find a wife. another admitted to subscribing to the new york times, , mostly for the crossword puzzle. another said he cleans his local dog park twice a year as meditation.
several admitted to having read a little bit of trumps book. none of those people made the jury. one of the unfortunate consequences of this part of the jury selection process is that many identifiable details about potential jurors were published by the press, putting the jury s ultimate anonymity at risk. yesterday, one jury, originally juror number two, asked to be excused for this very reason. the judge granted her request and warned of the media to be careful about revealing identifiable information. another potential juror was dismissed today after telling the court she has, really bad anxiety when people have found out where i am. anxiety is completely understandable for a criminal trial of this historic magnitude. there is a heightened level of intensity inside the courtroom and unsigned. donald trump has a history of riling up followers, some of them go on to commit violence and has been checking the judicial process day in and day out, calling it corrupt, and,