she had to explain the internet to the lawyers. that's a meme. she told them. that was the comedy. and this was the tragedy a wave of potential jurors reckoning with the real stakes of surviving a trial where they're every movement is the subjective national scrutiny today, multiple people broke down in court, succumbing to what one woman called high anxiety one perspective jurors sobbed in full view of the court when she was passed the microphone. i'm sorry. i thought i could do this. she said this is so much more stressful than i thought another confessed for the record and for everyone watching that she had a criminal record the judge, summoned her to the bench, listen to the defect as the defendant, donald trump watched merchan then dismissed her but not before pleading with the lawyers and the reporters in the room please be kind to this person. another seemed on the verge of panic, telling the judge that seeds of self-doubt