Donald Trump trial LIVE: Ex-president returns for day four after full jury was selected and he raged the trial is a ‘scam’

donald trump returns to court in Manhattan for the fourth day of his historic hush money trial.

The full jury has been selected, consisting of seven men and five women, whose members include an investment banker and a speech therapist who admits he “doesn’t like” his policies.

The court has to select five more substitutes, after one was chosen last night.

Trump’s legal team has already used all its attacks to get rid of potential jurors.

Here’s who’s on the jury.

Two jurors have already been removed from the case.

On Thursday, Judge Juan Merchán dismissed a juror who said she felt intimidated after friends and family discovered she had been chosen for the trial.

Another was fired after prosecutors questioned whether he had told the truth about his previous run-ins with the law.

The grandfather was arrested in the 1990s for tearing up posters with right-wing messages.

He told the court he thought Trump was “fascinating” when questioned in voir dire.

Former President Donald Trump’s employees were seen in New York touring McDonald’s at lunchtime Thursday during his third day in court for the Stormy Daniels money trial.

One attendee was caught leaving the famous fast food chain with four large bags, traveling in a vehicle marked “Personal 2,” a sign that the black van was part of Trump’s motorcade.

Trump’s love for McDonald’s is a well-documented affair.

His favorite food is two Big Macs, two Fillet-O-Fish, and a chocolate malt milkshake, according to his former assistants Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie in their book, Let Trump be Trump.

During the government shutdown in 2019, the then-president ordered McDonald’s and other fast foods (totaling about $5,500) to feed the Clemson University football team because the White House kitchen was not available. open.

Finding an impartial jury in the trial of the century proved to be a challenge in the hush money case against donald trump as he moved towards the third day.

It turns out that many potential jurors already have an opinion about the former president, while others are worried about their own safety and whether their identities would be publicly revealed even if they believe they can remain impartial in the case.

The third day of Trump’s hush money trial began with seven jurors seated, but two were dismissed throughout the day, reducing the number to five before more were added.

Dozens more potential jurors filed through the courtroom in lower Manhattan as the former president of the United States looked on. But many were excused after saying they could not remain impartial.

By the end of the day twelve jurors had been seated. Jury selection for alternates will continue on Friday.

Judge Juan Merchán said he is hopeful that opening statements can begin on Monday.

donald trump could be found guilty of contempt in the landmark hush money trial after prosecutors published seven more social media posts they say violate a gag order.

Lawyers for the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said the former president should be punished for sharing a New York Post article that called Michael Cohen a “serial perjurer” and an “embarrassment” to the justice system.

Another was Trump sharing a quote from Fox News Host Jesse Watters says the defense team is “catching undercover liberal activists lying to the judge” to serve on the jury.