Donald Trump: Jury selection continues on second day of hush-money criminal trial

Former US president Donald Trump attends the second day of his trial for allegedly covering up hush-money payments in New York City on Tuesday.

“Being in the finance and accounting world, a lot of people tend to intellectually slant Republican,” said the juror, who grew up in Texas. “Even though I feel like I can be impartial, there might be some implicit bias surrounding that.” Mr Trump has said the payment was personal. His lawyers have said there could have been reasons beyond his campaign to make the payment, such as sparing himself and his family embarrassment.

If convicted, Mr Trump would still be able to run for office and serve as president if he won. But a Reuters/Ipsos poll found that half of independents and a quarter of his fellow Republicans would not vote for him if he is found guilty. On Monday, they asked judge Juan Merchan to fine Mr Trump $1,000 for each of three social media posts this month that criticised Ms Daniels and Michael Cohen, Mr Trump’s former fixer who is expected to be a prominent witness in the trial.

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