working our way to find the five alternates, the five remaining slots that must be filled to round out the jury pool that could lead to opening statements taking place on monday. just one example of one of the individuals who has so far gone through the 42 questionnaire but not been booted at this point is a woman sorry, a male who said, quote, that he volunteered for getting out the vote for the democratic party during the clinton campaign and attended the women s march in 2017. now, this is the process where this individual also said that he currently doesn t hold strong opinions about donald trump, he s made it through this 42-question questionnaire, we ll get to the voir dire process and close to an hour from now and that s where the defense team for donald trump will be able to further ask this individual questions. but this is a moment where on the flip side you also have seen another juror say that they had read art of a deal, one was a
impartial. they re currently going through that 42-question questionnaire with all of those potential jurors looking to fill those five alternate seats, ana, so that leaves just 20 jurors in that potential jury pool now, the former president seated in the courtroom as well. he started the day off with his eyes closed. however, when he heard one of the potential jurors saying they had read the art of the deal he popped his eyes wide open. before heading into the courtroom, he did speak to reporters about that gag order. here s what he had to say. the gag order has to come off. people are allowed to speak about me and i have a gag order just to show you how much more unfair it is. reporter: seven potential violations they re talking about when it comes to this gag order. they re going to have a hearing on the gag order tuesday afternoon.
the judge is highly conflicted he should not be there. as far as the second batch of 96 potential jurors who were brought in today when asked to raise their hand if they could not be unfair, 48, over half said they could not judge mr. trump properly or fairly so they were excused. they have now gone into questioning individual jurors in the jury box, and three of those jurors said that they had already read the book the art of the deal and someone else who was questioned says he follows both mr. trump and michael cohen on social media. back to you. harris: social media, the great unifier. when i look at her face, we know that we have a right to an impartial jury. we have a right to an impartial judge. i am just wondering, if this judge is displaying any behavior or past ties to signal
nurse who said during questioning that no one was above the law. i m here to just hear the facts, tell the judge today, she had concerns she could not be impartial about mr. trump. and worried about her identity becoming public after loved ones figured out she had been impanelled. the other juror, an older i.t. consultant who called the nominee fascinating in court us is excused to day after prosecutors said he was arrested for tearing down conservative political ads decades ago. and did not reveal it on his juror questionnaire. late today, those additional jurors selected to serve. among them, an investment banker who said he followed mr. trump s truth social post and has seen quotes from the art of the deal but had not read it. the retired private wealth manager who says does he yoga every morning and that speech therapist saying of mr. trump, i tend not to agree with a lot of his politics and his decisions as a president. but said she can be impartial. at one point, a juror even a
The former president will testify Monday in a trial that threatens the business empire that created his public persona. He will be out of his element and under oath.