money paid to a porn star, and has pleaded not guilty. nada tawfik is at court. despite the jury being selected, there s been some difficulty today? yes, absolutely not, sophie. now we have the 12 jurors who will be deciding donald trump s fete on his first criminal trial. they are seven men and five women, and it really comes after a day of twists and turns just hours after two other jurors were abruptly excused, one a young woman who said she felt intimidated after her identity was figured out by family and friends, and she said she didn t think she could be impartial and fair, that outside opinions could affect her decision making in the court room. another was a gentleman that prosecutors were concerned had not been forthright about his criminal history. he was excused by the judge, but outside of court, he said he wanted to serve. so he wasn t
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this update from outside the court. we do have the 12 jurors who will be deciding donald trump s fake in his first criminal trial. they are seven men and five women and it really comes after a day of twists and turns. just hours after two at the jurors were abruptly excused. one, a young woman who said she felt intimidated after her identity was figured out by family and friends and she said she didn t think she could be impartial and fair and that outside opinions could affect her decision making in the courtroom. another was a gentleman that prosecutors were concerned hadn t been forthright about his criminal history. he was excused by the judge for outside court he said he wanted to serve. so he wasn t happy with that decision. but the 12 jurors, those that we do have seated now, they a diverse group, different ethnicities, differentjobs.
they wanted to make a complaint. in his fylde constituency this afternoon, no sign of mr menzies, and the at the address given for the local party offices, there was no response. but he told the times: it is not the first time mr menzies has faced controversy. ten yea rs faced controversy. ten years ago, he quit as a ministerial aide after allegations he paid a male escort, allegations he paid a male escort, allegations he denied. he was also reportedly quizzed a few years later by police over claims he got a dog drunk. again, those allegations were strongly denied. mr menzies said he had been cleared by police. this is a messy story of allegations about the local mp, but it has wider implications about the reputation of politicians more widely. after other different but recent scandals, none of this is good for westminster. the judge at the criminal trial of the former us president donald trump says 12 jury members have now been selected. but the search for six alternative jurors cont
happy with that decision. but the 12 jurors, as we have seated now, are a diverse group, different ethnicities, differentjobs, everyone works, from lawyers, physical therapist, everyone works, from lawyers, physicaltherapist, infinance, everyone works, from lawyers, physical therapist, in finance, a security engineer in sales, a recent couege security engineer in sales, a recent college graduate. one noted that there even read the bbc. and donald trump looked on as they were sworn in and said they could be fair and impartial, but here is what he said outside of court. the whole world is watching this hoax the whole world is watching this hoax you the whole world is watching this hoax. you have got a da that is out of control, hoax. you have got a da that is out of control, you have a judge that is highly of control, you have a judge that is highly conflicted. the whole thing is a mess, highly conflicted. the whole thing is a mess, and you have the leading candidate, is a mes