case. so these are the issues and that s the reason why prosecutor said they didn t want to turn it over. the judge said that they are not required to provide the initial witnesses in the case, so he wasn t going to make them wolff went up. it s tuesday, qarrah when the judge holds a hearing on this issue of the gag order prosecutors have asked that the judge fine trump $1,000 per violation of the gag order, and they also want him they also want the judge to send a warning to trump that if he continues to violate the game yeah. good. or that he could face 30 days of incarceration. now, this is all before the judge trump s team is saying they want more guidance, particularly on what trump can repost from other people. so this will all be debated before the judge on tuesday, and then we ll probably learn then if he thinks that the former president has violated the gag order. and what kind of sanctions will follow? very. interesting are kara scannell stay with us? i also want to bring
one alternate seated. cnn s kara scannell is live in new york after being inside the courtroom for all the action gara update our viewers wolff, it was just coming down to the wire. the final moments of the courthouse hours today when the judge said, we have our jury, they had 12 jurors that they seated, as well as one alternate. and among these jurors, its seven men, five women, a couple of men who work in finance to lawyers, a speed his therapist, a physical therapist, and jury selection will still continue tomorrow as they look to see those additional alternate jurors that they will need to hear this historic case. but it was a far cry from how the day began. dramatic start to the third day of trump s hush money trial as to seated jurors were removed. jury selection began on thursday with judge juan merchan scolding press for reporting some information contained in the juror questionnaire including
just not my cup of tea close quote so why did this judge still a lot of this juror to be seated? why do you think so well i think this just number one, we re getting exasperated with the whole process. as long as it was taking because he s already told the trial teams that money is going to be opening statements and he thought he d lost two jurors today based on one was based on some feedback about a harassed for one of the jurors and the other list based on the fear factor. and i think that wolff, the fear factor is the biggest concern was the biggest concern. and selecting this jury so this judge, based on some of the transcripts that i have, c, says, i look into the person s eyes and i believe what they say. so i suspect that some of that was occurring