Former President Donald Trump’s jury selection remains underway in New York, with 7 out of 12 seats filled by Tuesday afternoon from a pool of 96 potential jurors. But so far, the jury of the former president’s “peers” seems to have a common attribute — they largely get their news from the same left-wing media that have spent years disparaging Trump.
Of the 96 possible jurors, more than half were “dismissed immediately Monday after indicating that they could not fairly reach a decision,” The New York Times (NYT) reported. Some jurors who made it through to Tuesday later stepped down, with one admitting “I don’t think I can be as impartial and unbiased as I hoped I could be,” according to the Times.
Meet Jurors 1-7
Of the currently selected jurors, two are from outside the 50 states, according to ABC News. One hails from Ireland, works as a salesman, and is reportedly set to serve as the case’s foreman. The juror told the court he reads MSNBC, The New York Times, the Daily Mail, and Fox News, and reportedly said he has “heard of some” of the other lawfare cases being waged against the former president.
The other foreign-born juror is from Puerto Rico and called Trump “fascinating and mysterious,” according to ABC News. His typical news sources are the Daily News, The New York Times, and Google.
That juror reportedly said he finds it “really interesting” that when Trump “walks into a room … he sets
