Juror dismissed from Trump hush money trial as prosecutors seek to hold former president in contempt

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Trump would almost certainly appeal any conviction.
37% : Prosecutors say Trump obscured the true nature of the payments in internal records when his company reimbursed Cohen, who pleaded guilty to federal charges in 2018 and is expected to be a star witness for the prosecution.
36% : Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
35% : Trump has denied having a sexual encounter with Daniels, and his lawyers argue that the payments to Cohen were legitimate legal expenses.
32% : Inside the court, there's broad acknowledgment of the futility in trying to find jurors without knowledge of Trump.
30% : The setbacks in the selection process emerged during a frenetic morning in which prosecutors also asked for Trump to held in contempt over a series of social media posts this week, while the judge in the case barred reporters from identifying jurors' employers.
25% : "The district attorney's office on Monday sought a $3,000 fine for Trump for three Truth Social posts they said violated the order.
24% : The hush money case is one of four criminal prosecutions involving Trump as he vies to reclaim the White House, but it's possible that it will be the sole case to reach trial before November's presidential election.
21% : The trial centers on a $130,000 payment that Trump's lawyer and personal fixer, Michael Cohen, made shortly before the 2016 election to porn actor Stormy Daniels to prevent her claims of a sexual encounter with Trump from becoming public in the race's final days.
20% : Appeals and other legal wrangling have caused delays in cases charging Trump with plotting to overturn the 2020 election results and with illegally hoarding classified documents.
9% : Fresh from a Manhattan courtroom, Donald Trump visited a New York bodega where a man was stabbed to death, a stark pivot for the former president as he juggles being a criminal defendant and the Republican challenger intent on blaming President Joe Biden for crime.
1% : Trump lawyer Emil Bove said Cohen "has been attacking President Trump in public statements," and Trump was just replying.

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