"Inside the Trump Hush Money Trial: Jury Selection and Scramble for Jurors"

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Source: The Guardian US
"Inside the Trump Hush Money Trial: Jury Selection and Scramble for Jurors"
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With less than a week until Donald Trump's criminal trial, his legal team's attempts to delay the proceedings have been largely unsuccessful, as last-minute lawsuits and requests have been swiftly rejected by judges. Trump's team continues to push for delays, hoping to push the trials past the November election, but their options are running out. Meanwhile, the special counsel has expressed frustration with a Trump-appointed judge's willingness to entertain flawed legal premises, and Trump's social media company has lost one-third of its value on the stock market. The New York hush-money trial is set to begin on April 15, with the US supreme court scheduled to hear oral arguments for Trump's claim of presidential immunity on April 25.

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