NEW YORK, April 20 ― A man set himself on fire yesterday outside the New York courthouse where Donald Trump's historic hush-money trial was taking place as jury selection...
A police officer uses a fire extinguisher on a person who set himself on fire outside the courthouse where former US president Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial is underway, in New York April 19, 2024, in this screen grab taken from a video.
Witnesses said the man pulled pamphlets out of a backpack and threw them in the air before he doused himself with a liquid and set himself on fire. One of those pamphlets included references to “evil billionaires” but portions that were visible to a Reuters witness did not mention Trump. A smell of smoke lingered in the plaza shortly after the incident, according to a Reuters witness, and a police officer sprayed a fire extinguisher on the ground. A smouldering backpack and a gas can were visible.
The jury consists of seven men and five women, mostly employed in white-collar professions: two corporate lawyers, a software engineer, a speech therapist and an English teacher. Most are not native New Yorkers, hailing from across the United States and countries like Ireland and Lebanon. The alternates, who will also hear the case, are held in reserve in case one of the jurors has to leave due to illness or some other cause.
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