Jurors in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial will have to answer a “very important” question, a legal analyst said this week.
While appearing on CNN’s News Central, legal analyst Elliot Williams spoke about the recent jury questionnaire issued by New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan in the criminal trial involving Trump and alleged hush money payments made to former adult film star Stormy Daniels.
One question asks jurors if they have any strong opinions or beliefs that may interfere with their ability to be fair in the trial, which Williams called a “very important question.”
“That clause about that would get in your way of being a fair an impartial juror is a very important question,” Williams said. “No matter what any juror says, the judge is ultimately going to ask them, ‘OK, you’ve said you belong to QAnon or whatever else, can you put that aside and be a fair an impartial juror?'”
“If the judge is convinced that the person can, then perhaps they can be added to the jury pool, but those words – fair an impartial juror – will keep coming up again and again and again,” Williams added.
This is a developing story that will be updated as more information becomes available.
Mary Altaffer/Pool/Getty Images
Uncommon Knowledge
Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground.
Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground.