Selection in trumps Hush Money Case has taken a dramatic turn. The lead starts right now the shocking actions that lead to, to jurors suddenly dismissed and unusual occurrence. What this might mean for Opening Statements which the judge had thought could start part as soon as monday plus namecalling and fresh threats, House Speaker johnson was physically cornered On The House Floor, pinned Against The Wall by hardright republican in is demanding that he keeps his hands off. The rule that as of right now allows just one member of congress to force a vote to remove him as speaker the house adjourn today before anybody could make a move will tell you all about it and arrests at Columbia University protests new york city, just one day after that schools president testified before congress about antisemitism on campus. Were going to go to columbia, live welcome to the lean. Im jake tapper and we start today in our lawn justice lead with a dramatic day in the courtroom during the third day o
a prosecutor does not have to let this person on the jury now they have a finite number of these peremptory strikes and you gotta be very careful and judicious in how you meet them out. but even following michael cohen and reading the art of the deal based on the limited information we have here, that social media account for somebody who s not jake tapper at a journalist yeah. if you re a prosecutor, i d be just again to go over it again with you, jamie, juror number two he s an investment banker. he has a master s. he lives with his wife, no kids. he follows trump s truth, social post, and michael cohen, one of trump s fiercest critics on twitter he said he s followed trump s since he became president, quote, generally because it was a news item when he would put a tweet out. so good to be aware of that. and the juror has also read trump s book, the art of the deal. any red flags for you as either a defense or prosecution attorney? since i am not the lawyer at the table, okay.
a very significant development, jake, we now have a jury that has been seated in the trial of a former president donald trump up in manhattan that the judge has announced that all 12 jurors i ve been seated. he said, quote, we have our jury now let s start to pick our alternate. they now need to move forward with the process of selecting six alternate jurors in case there s any reason that one of those 12 cannot continue their service. now, this is a significant development because i was with you just a short time ago, jake, and we only had five jurors. then we had seven. now, they have old 12, both sides used all of their preemptory strikes. these are strikes that they can use to have someone removed without giving a reason now the only reason they could move remove some one was for cars, but we have the full the full jury. now, you ll move on to try to select a six alternates, either from the remaining people who still are in the quarter room or tomorrow at 11:30, they will get a f
tomorrow. so right now it appears they are still looking for five alternates and again, they have that group of 100 potential jurors ready to come in at tomorrow at 11:30 now, earlier, you would ask for some additional details about some of the photos looks who had been seated in this jury. i have some details that we can report about two of them. one of them is an investment banker who has a master s degree, lives with his wife and his it s not have any kids. he says that he follows trump s truth social post as well as michael cohen on x or twitter. he said he s followed trump s since he became in president saying, quote, generally because it was a news item when he would put a tweet out. so get to be aware of that. he also said that he s read trump s book, the art of the deal now another juror is a security engineer who is married has three children, has a high school diploma, says he doesn t have social media and reads a smattering of news organizations named in the questionnair
the last two jurors to be seated here, this is someone that the trump team tried to challenge for cause, arguing that she does not like trump, so she should be removed. and during in this process, she said about trump, quote, he just seems very selfish and self-serving. so i don t really appreciate that in any public servants, so i don t know him as a person so don t know how he is in terms of his integrity, it s just not my cup of tea, but that was not a knife according to the judge, to strike her for cause now, we ve learned that she works for a multiple to national apparel company. she s not a native new yorker, is not married and doesn t have kids. she said she doesn t follow the news, but occasionally fall as headlines and reads into the street specific publications that the last juror to be seated, we have some generic details about this individual as well. she is a physical therapist. she has a doctorate degree the in physical therapy. she reads the new york times usa today, and