Selection in trumps Hush Money Case has taken a dramatic turn. The lead starts right now the shocking actions that lead to, to jurors suddenly dismissed and unusual occurrence. What this might mean for Opening Statements which the judge had thought could start part as soon as monday plus namecalling and fresh threats, House Speaker johnson was physically cornered On The House Floor, pinned Against The Wall by hardright republican in is demanding that he keeps his hands off. The rule that as of right now allows just one member of congress to force a vote to remove him as speaker the house adjourn today before anybody could make a move will tell you all about it and arrests at Columbia University protests new york city, just one day after that schools president testified before congress about antisemitism on campus. Were going to go to columbia, live welcome to the lean. Im jake tapper and we start today in our lawn justice lead with a dramatic day in the courtroom during the third day of Donald Trumps hush money cover up while to jurors who had been seated were excused from the panel summarily dismissed. Its very unusual one asked to be removed after some members of the news media, not cnn, reported so many details about her. She was afraid she was going to be outed the other was kicked off after prosecutors say they found evidence of a prior arrest of someone by the same name, unclear if its the same person that leaves five jurors on the panel. We started with seven. Right now, courts ongoing lawyers on both sides are questioning more potential jurors were waiting to see if any new ones will be seated by the end of court today. They need 12 jurors and six alternates total. Were going to bring you that update as it happens, but back to those jurors who are no longer there. The first a woman juror number two, and Oncology Nurse nurse. She said she can no longer be considered impartial because she feared too much of her identity had been revealed. Some news Media Outlets, not cnn reported the hospital where she worked after juror number two got several messages from friends and family asking if she was on the jury based on those details reported in some Media Outlets while she grew fearful, the second juror dismissed a man who was juror number four, he runs an it business for training and consultant now, prosecutors allege that they found evidence of a prior arrest of someone by the same name, though he was officially removed and private so its unclear as of now if that was the exact reason he was dismissed were going to start our reporting today was seen as paula reid, who has been tracking Jury Selection today and paula, we started the day with 96 spective jurors. Half was dismissed. They said they could not be impartial. Where does Jury Selection stand as of now . So any minute we could get the newest juror seated in this case. Now this is the second group of 100 potential jurors that theyve had to walk through and weve seen some similarities between the first group and the second group, like you said, over half of them were dismissed because they said they could not be impartial. Nine others had to be dismissed for other various reasons, scheduling conflicts, other reasons they couldnt serve. And then it was interesting to see World Politics interfere here because there was one potential juror who said he was born and raised in italy, and he said that he associates trump with former italian Prime Minister silvio were lets go one who of course face charges for corruption, fraud, and sex crimes. And he said he just didnt think he could be fair or impartial. Also, certainly not someone that the defense team would want on there. So as we speak right now, theyre still working through the final stages of this group right now. Theyre asking the judge to dismiss some of these jurors for cause and then both sides will have the chance to use those precious four strikes. They each have left. I mentioned the two jurors that the judge dismissed today. Tell me more about that. Jake, this just speaks to the difficulty of this task where we thought we had seven jurors and then you have these unexpected developments. For example, that first juror she expressed concerns about her ability to be fair. She told the Court Quote Aspects of my identity have already been out there in the public yesterday alone. I had friends, colleagues, and my family push things to my phone questioning my identity as a juror. I mean, you can imagine how concerning it frightening that would be for someone if she was dismissed . And then you had this other juror who prosecutors move to dismiss because they found someone with the same name who had a prior arrest now, they will continue to go through this process again and again, that initial group of 100 yielded total of five jurors will see how many we get out of the second panel and just about 10 15 minutes ago they swore in the third panel, who will come in tomorrow at 11 30, and theyll start all over again. So jamie, how unusual is it for two jurors to be dismissed on day three of this process. Well, as paula said, its very individual, but nothing is normal about this case. I would say also, theres the phrase no good deed goes unpunished. Judge, marie sean was trying to have as much transparency as he could in this case so unlike what happened in the E Jean Carroll case, where a lot was done in writing or Behind Closed Doors he has had a lot of the jurors speak in public, so everybody heard this the result is that too much was reported. And therefore this one juror felt intimidated by it. But lets just remind everyone what the reason is the reason is because the defendant is donald trump, and because of his supporters. So elliott, the judges walking a tight rope here. Im trying to be transparent, but the same time if you allow members of the media, especially certain outlets, to know a whole bunch of identifying characteristics they might not show discretion and like this, Oncology Nurse her the place that she works was reported that helps people narrow it down. It does. And this is a remarkable conversation to have week after the deaths of o. J. Simpson, where in the old days the trial of the century when it happened, someone could choose to go public after being a juror and write a book and go on tv are gone 2020 or whatever now, merely by being associated with the highprofile event, your name, your family, your residents, all the things you do about your life can be exposed. And thats very intimidating and very frightening for many people. And frankly, jake, this is going to keep coming up over the course of this trial where even if the judge tries to restrict the amount of information thats been public about these people. Theres still so much curiosity in the public right now. And among certain members of the media that i think more information is going to keep leaking out if he doesnt control it. So i mean, how worried are people that this is going. This is just going to be setting a tone for a ravenous press corps, or even more so, political operatives who want to get to these people it has to be incredibly concerning for anyone in that potential juror pool when i saw this come through this morning, i said i totally get it anyone whos been in any way in the trump orbit, john, his ire knows what that means for you, for your family were professionals. Many of us are used to this, but to a lay person, someone who is an Oncology Nurse focused on on that work to have this in the back of your mind concern not only for yourself before your family, i 100 understand why this is a concern. Now, prior to all this happening and talking to sources on both sides, there was a concern, not just the safety aspect, but if they wouldnt be able to find 12 jurors and six alternates. And how long that would take. And what weve seen over the past as 24 hours. You see just how difficult this is even when you think you have a juror seated, you have a lot of additional layers here that you dont have another cases. So im sorry, i was going to call me a cynic. This notion of getting to trial on a monday after four days of Jury Selection in a trial like this, it seemed preposterous and it has to me since the beginning. Well were on track there, but where are we now . Right . I think so. Let me ask you, so trumps under a gag order in this case, hes prohibited from making or directing others to make public statements about any prospective juror or any juror in this Criminal Proceeding, among among other people, hes not allowed to talk about trump posted this quote from Foxes Jesse Waters on truth, social last night, its jesse water saying quote, there catching undercover liberal activists lying to the judge in order to get on the Trump Jury Unquote is that a violation . Its reprehensible and the judge is going to determine whether its a violation of steps really close to that line, no specific jurors. Those pick jurors much, but prospective jurors. And now, was it people who already been released . It wasnt people who were in the pool. Now the question is, what does the judge do with it . And the judge cant just slap cuffs on the former president and and kalkar them off to jail. Its got to have a hearing which is already going to be in another five days. Hes letting this stay out there for a few days now do you find them . Do you figure out a way to get them behind bars . Its all very complicated your new york law, but its bad conduct and it is disparaging jurors. Well, what do you make a look if past is prologue . Donald trump is going to continue to push the envelope. We have seen that before in another case, i think it was judge engoron who had to find him so what can the judge do . He can admonish him he can find him the prosecutors, i believe have asked for 1,000 an incident i am not sure that is going to dissuade donald trump from continuing to do it he can incarcerate him. Does the judge want to do that . No he doesnt. But i think the reality is trump is going to do this over and over, absolute and you have to be really careful here because its not just the judge being feckless and choosing not to lock them up behind bars, new york law has pretty complicated provisions so as to what the judge has to do before he does that. It might require frankly, a separate Criminal Proceeding if youre going to hold them in, whats called Criminal Contempt the right afterwards. So well, what i mean, Jesse Watters saying that they are catching undercover liberal activists line to the judge in order to get on the trump gerry whats that claim about . Do you have absolutely no idea what hes talking about, but i do think its different when you perpetuate these kind of falsehoods about the jury. And these are lay people doing their civic duty. If you put these kinds of false has put this kind of target on them, that undermines the entire system. That is very different than taking shots Michael Cohen or Stormy Daniels who are covered under the gag order, but are also out there talking about trump very publicly. This is something of a different magnitude yeah. Well, i mean, it does degree relied to a bet on the degree of decency not just by the defendant, but also by people in the media who are supportive of the defendant, not not to go after jurors and underscore the point and even in how gag orders are crafted, notice that they often exempt the judge, often exempt the prosecutor, but refer to individual citizens who are part who did not choose to be part of this. They literally, by virtue of being having a drivers license, got a letter in the mail are being brought into court and being pulled into e former presint it is se from daers to peopland it also hurts the ems saying jake, yeah, i mean, just look at the way that trumps friends in the sial dia world and also the mediaorld have behaved. And iprevio in previous situations, the whistleblower the white house who you know, i mean, even when told, dont name this person, youre going to put his or her life at risk. Theyve named it without getting all histrionic about putting peoples lives at risk. This undermines the integrity of the system, whether you like it or not, you are a defendant in this system and are entitled to a fair trial. Youre number one getting in the way of your own ability to get a fair trial, but also undermines a system that serves all of us and not to just add, there are a couple of words weve heard donald trump use retribution. Yeah, weve heard his followers say, hang my pants. I mean, this is not a normal situation and paula has so i would a great jamie can go for Breaking News, but our colleagues inside the court are reporting that to more jurors have been chosen. So were basically where we started. We know anything about these seven. We dont have any any specific details that are reportable as you mentioned, and at the outset, we did not make the mistakes right . To make this juror who had to leave the case so fearful for her life, and were being very careful to vet the information before we share it because we get all kinds of information from inside the court, but were gonna be very careful about the descriptors that we use. So im gonna wait for our bosses to clear that before i but two more jurors. All right. Well, were back to seven. Everyone stay with me. We are standing by for court to adjourn for the day cnns Kara Scannell inside the courthouse will look for her updates as this jury Selection Process unfolds in this dramatic fashion, has everything related donald trump does dramatic fashion, plus the physical confrontation today involving House Republicans and Speaker Mike Johnson. I have a highprofile gas coming up. Whos probably watching it all with popcorn, stay with us. How it really happened. Sunday, april 28 at nine on cnn. 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