Takeaways from the day a jury was selected to decide Donald Trump's fate in the hush money trial

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : He said during voir dire that he follows Michael Cohen on Twitter and he's followed Trump since he became president, "Generally because it was a news item when he would put a tweet out so good to be aware of that.
53% : The juror, No. 2, an oncology nurse and native New Yorker, came in and said that she had concerns that "aspects of my identity" have been made public after having friends, colleagues and family conveying to her that she had been identified as a potential juror.
47% : On Thursday afternoon, jurors were generally more open about their opinions of Trump.
46% : There is one juror who follows Trump on social media and has read quotes from his book the "Art of the Deal.
45% : DA's office won't tell Trump which witnesses they will callAt the end of the day, Trump's attorney Todd Blanche asked the district attorney's office to share the first three witnesses they plan to call, noting that opening arguments and the first witness testimony could begin as soon as Monday.
42% : The first panel of 96 jurors had to say whether they thought they could be fair just minutes after walking into the courtroom, seeing Trump as the defendant and hearing the judge explain the case and the jury's role.
41% : Perhaps one reason: The second pool of jurors knew that Trump was the defendant on Tuesday, giving them time to think about being on the panel.
39% : Trump visibly shook his head over the exchange.
31% : Another juror said she doesn't agree with some of his politics, and when it was a frequent topic of conversation with friends and family when he was president, some negative opinions of Trump were floated.
30% : The Manhattan district attorney's office, for instance, said it won't let the defense know who its first witnesses are to prevent Trump from posting on social media about them.
29% : Blanche then proposed that he would assure the district attorneys' office that Trump would not post about the witnesses if they shared their witness list.
22% : But because Trump has been posting on social media about their witnesses, he said with a shrug, "We're not telling him who the witnesses are.
15% : When asked by Trump's attorney Susan Necheles if she'd feel pressured by others to convict Trump, she said, "Not at all."
11% : The judge rejected Trump's challenges to remove jurors for cause because they had expressed negative opinions about Trump, telling the former president's attorneys that not liking his persona was not enough.

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