NEW #TrumpTrial 🧵STARTS HERE I CANNOT READ REPLIES. "NFL" (NotForLaffy) appreciated #legal #Trump 1/...McBrien:At 2:35 p.m. we have audio again, but still no video, and we hear Merchan say "Thank you, please be seated."Merchan welcomes the jurors and ...
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63/ McB:
The newly empaneled jurors are back to be sworn in: Juror 2 B565, Juror 4 B470, Juror 8 B639, Juror 9 B423, Juror 10 B789, Juror 11 B500, Juror 12 B440, and first alternate B714.
Merchan asks the empaneled jurors to return on Monday at 9:30 a.m. The judge at least still has hope for opening arguments on Monday.
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64/ Press:
Justice Merchan: Ladies and gentlemen, we still have to select all 6 alternates. But I am hopeful we will have opening statements on Monday morning, and I asked that you come back then.
[Jurors file out]
Justice Merchan: Those who are left -
65/ McB:
"For those of you that remain out in the audience, we're not done with you," Merchan says. We're not going to go through the questionnaires now (thankfully), but the sergeant is calling out juror box numbers so they know where to sit tomorrow morning to start right away.
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66/ Via Kyle Cheney:
I'm very used to federal trials where alternates don't know they're alternates until after closing arguments. Seems odd to me that the alternates will be aware that they are unlikely to get to weigh in on the verdict. Could affect attentiveness.
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67/ Press:
Justice Merchan: For tomorrow
Clerk: Seat 1, B428. Seat 2, B441. Seat 3, 706. Seat 4 , B644. Seat 5, B616. Seat 6, B447. Seat 7, B520. Seat 8, B624. Seat 9, B445. Seat 10, B483. Seat 11, B647. Seat 12, B800. Seat 13, B456. Seat 14, B561. Seat 15, B557. -
71/ McB:
This is the first Blanche is hearing of it, so he requests the names of the first three witnesses.
Steinglass says that's usually a courtesy, one he doesn't want to extend bc Trump has been tweeting about the witnesses. Merchan says he can't fault them for that, won't order it.
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@GottaLaff Why not? I'll put my bets on Facebook
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