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April 18, 2024

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Trump’s hush money criminal trial loses two jurors, five remain

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Justice Juan Merchan, the judge overseeing Donald Trump‘s criminal trial, dismissed two jurors on Thursday, as lawyers struggled to assemble a panel of 12 jurors and six alternates for one of the most high-profile trials in American history.

Merchan excused one juror who said she felt intimidated because some personal information had been made public. She said family, friends and colleagues had contacted her after deducing she was on the jury. A second juror was dismissed after prosecutors said the juror may not have disclosed prior brushes with the law. Merchan did not specify why he dismissed that juror. Read more.

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