The final jurors have been seated in Donald Trump’s hush money trial, and an appellate judge rejected the former president’s latest bid to halt the case. A hectic day in court on Friday set the stage for opening statements to begin Monday. The panel of New Yorkers who will decide the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president took final shape after lawyers spent days quizzing dozens of potential jurors on whether they can impartially judge Trump in the city where he built his real estate empire before being elected in 2016.