recap, judge merchan said that lawyers are not allowed to make comments about witness testimony. let's bring back the pan. all the lawyers in the room smiled when the judge said that happens on tv and in the movies, that does not happen in real trials. >> well, they're smiling in this room as well. because it's true. you're gonna have to balance again to what jurists think happens in law and order within 48 minutes, you've got a crime committed to defendant identified, arrested, and you have some of locking down the steps at the end of the trial in 42 minutes here it's interesting because there's a moment he says that the lawyers, or the notes are not a substitute for the actual transcripts digital come into play and having lawyers on your jury as well, we were concerned about remember, can lawyers beyond the actual jury, the reason you'd love concerns because you might be deferential to them and say, is that what happens at the issue here? it's almost a way of reminding a look, the prosecution and the defense, they have to build their case. they have to defend their case. but the lawyers and i note-taking is not going to substitute for you what you're hearing. again, there is no
and you also had a juror according to the google doc we're following, a regular juror was complaining about the media coverage and that this was a lot of pressure. we don't know to what extent. the judge did not dismiss here, but that could come up again. so how is this jury being treated to protect them from pressure and also the normal things like a tooth ache that comes after a weekend when the whole case was supposed to start. it's shortening even further so she can go to the dentist. >> in terms of pressure, i think they're trying to alleviate as much pressure on this jury as they can, but there's only so much you can do in a case that has this level of magnitude surrounding it. the cameras around in the courtroom primarily i think to alleviate pressure on the jury. so the judge is doing as much of that as he can. jurists typically experience
the judge, with a some of the attorneys excuse those jurors. uh, but now that we have the full set of alternatives and the 12 jurors that were selected yesterday, the judge told all the jurists before and i see them today to be ready to go on monday and then we'll have opening statements in this case. so certainly a historic moment having the full panel of jurors now seated two here former president trump's first criminal trial related to the falsified documents this afternoon after the lunch break, the judge is going to take up what's known as the sandoval hearing and that is the hearing where they will discuss the scope of the cross-examination if donald trump does choose to testify, and that means whether the prosecution can ask them about certain pass legal acts that includes a number of these verdicts and judgments against trump, including the e jean carroll defamation case and the civil fraud judgment. that way as handed down earlier this year, that will all be discussed this afternoon. trump's attorneys are pushing back on that, but that will also learn a little bit more about what the prosecution's
about it, like, okay, that's it, you've done this, you've done this, this is it. next time, bring your toothbrush. >> wow. i mean, you've seen merchan in action. do you feel, like, that is going to take an extraordinary amount of fortitude to even consider doing something like that to a former president of the united states with a current candidate for president. i mean, what is the impression you've gotten of the judge? >> he's a very straight, businesslike, very straightforward, and serious jurists. i think he is very competent. i think he's very, very conscious of what he's doing and what he's projecting in the courtroom. i think he's, and i think he's going to protect the jurors, because that's the most important thing. he, his job is to ensure a fair trial, and that means protecting the people who are going to be deciding the facts of the case, which is the members of the jury.
in, judge marcia, it's are you happy with this? >> so far? you really, you really think? based on where we are now, i have seven looking for alternatives that we start on monday i think it's entirely possible. >> i was surprised by the number that they gotten the day one or day one-and-a-half, if you would which tells me that there probably following the rules, the lawyers are following the rules of the court, asking appropriate questions. the judge was very clear what they could ask him, what they couldn't ask the jurists seem to be interested in following the rules as well. and so i don't see why it would take that long. this is a class e non-violent felony offense. so as arthur alluded to, there are only or maybe you did to only ten challenges that are peremptory challenges where someone can be challenged on the jury for any reason or no reason so long as it's not discriminatory. >> so they've already used more than half. >> they could get more, but that's discretionary. the judge could say no, that's the rule that's the law. everyone else gets ten. you get ten and then they're going to end up with whoever is why i have to
specific employers that could potentially identify juror first the judge's remarks come after one juror, a female oncology nurse was excused after saying aspects of her identity were made public saying she could no longer be impartial. she tells the judge yesterday alone, i had friends, colleagues, and family push things to my phone, questioning my identity as a juror. i don't believe at this point that i can be fair and unbiased. the second juror dismissed is an older man from puerto rico who says he finds trump fascinating and mysterious. he was dismissed after prosecutors questioned if his answer about whether he had ever been accused of a crime was accurate, they identified someone with the same name who was arrested in the 1990s for tearing during down political posters. the exact reason for the jurists dismissal though, is not known nearly 100 new perspective jurors came through the freezing courtroom for questioning, at least half were immediately sent home for saying they could not be impartial at the defendant's
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