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New York (AFP) - The judge in Donald Trump's criminal trial will look to wrap up jury selection Friday before opening arguments start next week in a historic case being heard as the former president campaigns to win back the White House. After the 12 jurors were sworn in Thursday, a pool of six alternates will be completed -- ready to step in if any of the original jury become unavailable during the case in which Trump is accused of covering up hush money paid to a porn star. The trial at the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York is expected to last six to eight weeks, providing a wealth of leg...
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Washington (AFP) - Joe Biden hopes to capitalize on Donald Trump being stuck in court as he hits the US presidential election campaign trail — and can't resist poking fun at his rival's predicament. While Trump was in his historic hush money trial this week, Biden embarked on a three-day swing through his birthplace, the crucial battleground state of Pennsylvania. He visited his childhood home and campaigned with the Kennedys, while Trump complained about being in a "freezing" New York courtroom unable to campaign. "Under my predecessor -- who's busy right now -- Pennsylvania lost 275,000 jobs...
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New York (AFP) - A panel of 12 jurors was sworn in on Thursday to sit in judgment of Donald Trump at the unprecedented criminal trial of a former US president. "We have our jury," said Judge Juan Merchan after a day of intensive questioning of dozens of potential jurors by prosecutors and Trump's defense attorneys. Merchan said he hoped to complete the selection of six alternate jurors on Friday and hold opening arguments in the blockbuster case on Monday. Trump, 77, who is seeking to recapture the White House in November, is accused of falsifying business records on the eve of his 2016 electi...
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New York (AFP) - Dealing with occasionally rowdy guests as a hotel manager and keeping an orderly workplace as a dishwasher while in college appear to have uniquely prepared the judge handling Donald Trump's trial. In the first two days, Judge Juan Merchan has kept proceedings moving at a clip, overseeing the selection of a third of the jury and alternates despite suggestions that screening could take weeks, while putting former president Trump in his place when he appeared to step out of line. Merchan has said he wants opening arguments to start as soon as Monday, prompting the Republican pre...
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New York (AFP) - The judge in Donald Trump's historic criminal trial on Tuesday warned the Republican presidential hopeful against intimidating jurors as seven panelists were chosen with unexpected speed following questioning by both sides. There had been speculation that jury selection could take weeks in such a high-profile and sensitive case -- the first criminal trial of a former US president, who also is running to return to the White House this November. But Judge Juan Merchan ended the session saying he was hopeful opening arguments could begin as early as Monday. After a preliminary ph...
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New York (AFP) - Donald Trump could not have made his feelings clearer: he would rather be anywhere else than in a New York courtroom Tuesday, on trial for business fraud. Dressed in a blue suit with a blue tie, former US president shifted between discomfort and anger, as he sat through the second day of the historic proceeding, the first criminal trial of a US president. "This is a trial that should have never been brought," Trump told reporters outside the courtroom, as he lashed out against President Joe Biden, his Democratic rival in the November presidential election, and what he called t...
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New York (AFP) - One said he'd read Donald Trump's books. But another took a look at the glowering defendant in the Manhattan courtroom and excused herself, saying, "I couldn't." Eight million people live in New York but just 12 are being picked to judge the most controversial man in the country -- and it's not a job everyone wants. Trump grew up in New York, made his name there, and for decades has been part of the city's brash landscape. And of course he's also been president and is running again. It's hard in the Big Apple not to have an opinion on the Republican -- or on the multiple crimi...
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New York (AFP) - Donald Trump's New York criminal trial opened Monday in a historic first for a US ex-president -- and a seismic twist to an already explosive 2024 election where the Republican is seeking to defy multiple scandals and return to power. Trump has repeatedly described the hush money case as a sham. But reality set in for the 77-year-old, hard-right Republican as Judge Juan Merchan issued the routine warning for criminal defendants that he will have to attend proceedings in the gritty Manhattan courthouse daily -- or face arrest. Merchan also warned Trump against repeating his fre...
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New York (AFP) - Donald Trump said Monday that he has a "real problem" with the judge handling his New York criminal case -- and that he should be on the campaign trail instead of in court. "We're not going to be given a fair trial," Trump told reporters outside the Manhattan courtroom after jury selection ended for the day in his "hush money" trial, one of four separate criminal cases he faces. Trump also criticized Judge Juan Merchan for rejecting his request that he be allowed to attend a Supreme Court hearing next week. Trump argues that as a former president he should be immune from crimi...
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New York (AFP) - More than 50 prospective jurors were excused from the landmark trial of former president Donald Trump on Monday after they said they would not be able to try him fairly and impartially. Ninety-six potential panelists were assembled in a New York court to be screened for their ability to fairly judge Trump, accused of covering up hush money payments to a porn star with whom he is alleged to have had an affair. One prospective juror, a woman with short hair, said "I just couldn't do it" as she left court, which was adjourned for the day and will resume Tuesday at 9:30 am (1330 G...
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