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Local dog park twice a year, for medication. none of those people made the jury. one of the unfortunate consequences of this part of the jury selection process is that many identifiable details came out putting the anoninimity at risk. another potential juror was dismissed saying she has really bad anxiety and people have found out where i am. anxiety is completely understandable for a criminal trial of this historic magnitude there's a heightened level of intensity inside the courtroom and outside. donald trump has a history of

Still a possibility i will vote for him because politicians have faults. >> that is an interesting distinction. i will sit and think on that. thank you so much. joining in right now is ms nbc legal and assist, and coauthor of a stable genius. she is also a msnbc contributor. welcome, ladies. joyce, donald trump is contending he cannot get a fair trial in manhattan. of what you saw in the jury selection process this week, can he? >> reporter: this was a fast jury process. some folks have been suggesting it might take a couple of weeks. instead, it just took days. i think this was a fair process...

>> to both of your points, and i made this point when we were driving in this hour. you sort of laid out the tiktok of what happened in that jury selection process. and then of course, the hours after that you have josie waters on fox news as the daily beast reports sowing doubt in his segment regarding the jurors with a quote "i think at this point, we can say that it won't be an acquittal. what the hell do you have to base that on mr. waters? this is the problem. you are absolutely right that monday morning, you could have jurors come in who are like, i just don't want to be part of this. bu...

She went on to explain that because of that experience, because she was bombarded with press and because of how many people could tell who she was from publicly reported details, even though the jury is supposed to be anonymous, because of all of that, she no longer felt she could be impartial. she couldn't ignore what she described as outside influences that might affect her decision- making in the courtroom. now, there are a lot of issues at play here. one is that through this jury selection process we have learned a lot of identifying details about this jury and the press, by and large, has...

Obligated to bring this information to the courts attention and so they did. just to be completely above board here, no reporters were able to hear the conversation with the judge so we don't actually know if prosecutors concerns panned out but ultimately juror number four was excused from this jury. a juror who may have had a strong anti-conservative issue. a jury who may have even been anti-trunk, flagged by the prosecution. that is how fair this jury selection process is in reality. alvin bragg's team is doing everything it can to make sure there isn't a hint of anything that could be perce...