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73% : "Another juror, an older male, drew laughter from courtroom when he said Trump "makes things interesting.
68% : Juror No. 4 said he finds the former president to be "fascinating and mysterious."
65% : "Trump is engaged with some of the responses at times, and at other times he leans back in his chair with his eyelids heavy.
59% : Among the seated jurors is a school teacher, an oncology nurse and a grandfather born in Puerto Rico who said he found Trump "fascinating and mysterious.
58% : "Juror No. 6 is a software engineer who works for the Walt Disney Company, which is the parent company of ABC News.
58% : "When another juror indicated that her awareness of Trump comes in part through the lens of her gender -- "I'm a female," she said -- Blanche asked her to elaborate.
58% : Apr 16, 9:00 AMTrump arrives at courthouseFormer President Trump has arrived at the courthouse for the second day of jury selection.
57% : The three men appeared to be in and out of conversation as they awaited the judge, with Trump periodically looking down at the desk or at the monitor in front of him.
56% : Juror No. 6 is a software employee who works for Disney and lives in Chelsea.
56% : Blanche asked a man born in Mexico who became a U.S. citizen when Trump was president if that would color his jury experience.
56% : "The particulars of this case -- it doesn't really have anything to do with my political inclinations," said the IT professional who earlier elicited a smile from Trump.
55% : He added that, as a developer, he was "an admirer from afar of some of the work" Trump has done, but he has no opinion on "how he conducts himself.
55% : This part of the day clearly interested Trump.
54% : Juror No. 5 is a charter school teacher from Harlem.
53% : Trump, watching from the defense table, leaned back in his chair slightly and alternated looking ahead and in the direction of the prospective jurors as they read aloud their answers from the questionnaire.
52% : Juror No. 2 is an oncology nurse at Memorial Sloan Kettering who lives on the Upper East Side.
51% : Prosecutors have asked Judge Juan Merchan to hold a hearing, known as a Sandoval hearing, to determine the scope of what they can ask Trump on cross-examination.
51% : Trump wrote on his social media platform.
51% : Juror No. 4 is an IT consultant who lives on the Lower East Side and is originally from Puerto Rico.
50% : Trump last April pleaded not guilty to a 34-count indictment charging him with falsifying business records in connection with a hush money payment his then-attorney Michael Cohen made to Daniels in order to boost his electoral prospects in the 2016 presidential election.
50% : Juror No. 1, the foreperson, is a man born in Ireland who works in sales and lives in West Harlem.
50% : Asked about the sentiment of the other prospective jurors on their opinions of Trump, McGee said it "seemed pretty even, surprisingly.""I thought because this is Manhattan it might be a little bit more liberal, but there were a number of people who said 'Yes, I listen to Fox, I watch Fox, I have been on Trump mailing lists in the past,'" she said.
50% : Trump greeted court officers upon arrival, mouthing to one, "How are you?" as he made his way down the aisle accompanied by lawyers Todd Blanche, Susan Necheles and Emil Bove.
49% : Here's a brief sketch of each juror, whose identities are being kept private for security reasons:Juror No. 1 is a middle-aged salesman who immigrated to the United States from Ireland.
49% : Juror No. 3 is an attorney who lives in Chelsea.
49% : He said he read that book, as well as "How to be Rich" and a third title that he couldn't quite remember, prompting a chuckle from Trump.
47% : Trump tilted his head once or twice as they were answering.
47% : "He said that relatives on his wife's side lobby and fundraise for the Republican Party, and that he followed Trump on Twitter during his presidency.
42% : "I was paying a lawyer and I marked it down as a legal expense, some accountant," Trump said.
41% : "President Trump speaks his mind," said one juror, a young black woman who teaches at a charter school.
40% : As the prospective jurors filed in, Trump appeared to be motionless in his seat, staring straight ahead.
40% : "Legal expense -- that's what you're supposed to call it," Trump said.
39% : A history teacher at an all-girls' school was excused after she said her opinions about Trump might interfere with her ability to serve impartially.
39% : Apr 16, 2:54 PMJudge scolds Trump for 'muttering' at prospective jurorAs jury selection resumed for the afternoon session, Judge Juan Merchan scolded former President Trump over his audible "muttering" while a prospective juror was speaking.
38% : She said she had "very little agreement policy-wise" with Trump, but told Blanche she "didn't sleep last night" because she was thinking so hard about fairness and impartiality.
37% : He's rushing this trail, and he's doing as much as he can for the Democrats," Trump said, without evidence, before his motorcade departed the courthouse.
37% : Apr 16, 1:24 PM'Feelings are not facts,' prospective juror saysDefense attorney Todd Blanche finished questioning the first group of potential jurors, including asking them to think about their social media usage and whether it affects their opinion of Trump.
37% : "Blanche pressed jurors on their opinion of Trump, asking each of them whether they harbored any views about him in any capacity -- political or otherwise.
37% : She had reached the part of the questionnaire that asked whether she can decide the case solely on the evidence and whether she had strong beliefs about Trump that would inhibit her from being fair.
36% : "When the woman left the room, that's when the judge scolded Trump.
35% : "Trump does get unlimited strikes to remove a juror for cause, which means for a specified reason -- but both the defense and prosecutors have a limited number of preemptory challenges, which allow for the removal of a juror for any reason.
35% : Will you be able to render a verdict of guilty?"Trump appeared to be looking at the prospective jurors in the jury box as they each answered "Yes" to Steinglass's question.
34% : While on break, Trump shared on his social media platform a newspaper opinion piece calling his former attorney Michael Cohen a "serial perjurer" and a "legal thug.
33% : Apr 17, 3:39 PMProsecutors want to question Trump about civil casesIf former President Trump opts to testify in the trial, prosecutors want to question him about all the times he has been held liable in civil court, according to a new court filing in the case.
33% : Apr 16, 10:00 AMTrump seated at defense table as court gets underwayFormer President Trump has reclaimed his seat at the defendant's table, Judge Juan Merchan is back on the bench -- and the second day of the criminal trial of the former president is underway.
32% : "Ma'am, ma'am, put your cellphone away," a court security officer told one woman who tried to pull out her phone after spotting Trump.
31% : "Trump smirked when another prospective juror said, "He stirs the pot.
31% : "I don't like him, I don't approve of what he did as president," said Kara McGee, when asked by ABC News about her feelings on Trump.
30% : "No one is suggesting you can't be a fair juror because you've heard of Donald Trump."
29% : Trump is once again seated between Blanche and Bove.
28% : "Trump, meanwhile, has been craning his neck, trying to look past his attorney Todd Blanche to get a view of the jurors as they field questions from Steinglass.
26% : "Defense attorneys have insisted Trump was responding to "repeated, salacious, demon attacks" by Daniels and Cohen.
24% : Juror No. 5 was the only potential juror who raised her hand when lawyers asked if they had ever heard of Trump's other criminal cases.
23% : Prosecutors also want to question Trump about a criminal case his company lost in 2022, when the Trump Organization was convicted of tax evasion by providing non-cash compensation to top executives.
23% : Apr 16, 10:12 AMDA files formal request to hold Trump in contemptThe Manhattan district attorney's office has filed its formal request to hold former President Trump in contempt over a series of recent social media posts that, among other things, call witnesses Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels "sleaze bags.
22% : "Trump lost his court battle on his unlawful travel ban!!!
22% : Those post shows the prospective juror expressing "the desire that Trump be locked up," Merchan said.
19% : "We are going to continue our fight against this judge," Trump told reporters, acknowledging he is having a "hard time with the New York state system.
15% : In their filing, prosecutors outlined the civil cases they'd like to bring up during the criminal trial, including the $464 million judgment in Trump's civil fraud case, the defamation and battery cases brought by E. Jean Carroll and a lawsuit Trump filed against Hillary Clinton claiming she conspired to rig the 2016 election, for which Trump and his lawyers faced legal sanctions after the case was thrown out as frivolous.
9% : "Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has accused Trump of improperly labeling the money as legal expenses to Cohen in order to hide that the funds were to repay hush money paid to Stormy Daniels to boost Trump's electoral prospects.
6% : The juror Merchan agreed to remove was an Upper West Side bookseller who recently re-posted an AI video to social media mocking Trump, which included a fake Trump saying, "I'm dumb as f -- .
1% : Apr 17, 12:06 PMTrump criticizes jury selection processOn his day off from his New York criminal trial, Donald Trump is complaining about the jury selection process on his social media platform.

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