Former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan lost a juror on Thursday morning as New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan issued a warning to media members.
Adam Klasfeld of MSNBC News wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that to start the trial this morning, juror number two was brought into the court room and expressed that she had “concerns” about her ability to be fair and impartial.
“Yesterday alone, I had friends, colleagues and family push things to my phone, questioning my identity as a juror,” the juror reportedly said.
The juror was later excused from the case and Newsweek’s Katherine Fung reported on X that Merchan said, “We just lost what would have been a very good juror for this case.”
Klasfeld also reported that Merchan issued a warning to the press saying that providing too many details to the public “defeats the purpose,” of jurors remaining anonymous.
“The press is certainly able and permitted to write about anything that’s on the record, because it’s on the record … But I’m directing that the press simply applies common sense,” Merchan reportedly said.
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This is a developing story that will be updated as more information becomes available.
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