A man set himself on fire on Friday afternoon near the Lower Manhattan #courthouse where #JurySelection continued in the #criminal #trial of #Trump.

The man doused himself w/a liquid around 1:35PM ET in Collect Pond Park, across the street from the courthouse. Onlookers screamed as bright orange flames engulfed the man. It was unclear what motivated his action.

#extremism #radicalization #law
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/nyregion/man-on-fire-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

If you’re curious here’s the jury questionnaire:

https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/47595cfb3308e37e/ec756167-full.pdf

#Trump #criminal #law #JurySelection #JuryTampering #TrumpTrial

recap/summary:

A total of 7 jurors had been seated on Tues.
2 of the 7 have now been dismissed. No one yet has been newly selected.

So we are down to just 5 seated jurors.

Lawyers on both sides of the case must now replace the 2 — & find several more.

But >½ of a fresh group of 96 prospective jurors were dismissed almost immediately, including 48 who indicated that they did not believe they could be fair & impartial.

#Trump #criminal #law #JurySelection #JuryTampering #TrumpTrial

In a brief interview outside the courtroom, #juror4 who was just dismissed declined to give his name & said he didn’t want to answer questions. But nodded when asked if he thought he could be unbiased & shook his head when asked if he felt at all intimidated in the courtroom.

Asked if he thought he should have been dismissed, he gave a one-word answer: “Nope.”

#Trump #criminal #law #JurySelection #JuryTampering #TrumpTrial

#TrumpTrial #jurors’ concerns

#JurySelection began w/a sworn in juror getting dismissed over doxxing concerns.

“I definitely have concerns now. One of them especially being the aspects of my identity have already been out there in public. Yesterday alone I had friends, colleagues & family push things to my phone regarding questioning my identity as a juror.”

#Trump #law #crime #intimidation #JuryTampering
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/18/trump-hush-money-trial-live-updates/