Juror dismissed from Trump hush money trial as prosecutors seek to hold former president in contempt

Twelve more people must still be sworn in, with the judge saying he anticipated opening statements in the landmark case to be given as early as next week was dismissed Thursday after expressing doubt about her ability to be fair and impartial, and the status of a second New Yorker picked for the panel was in limbo amid concerns that some of his answers in court may not have been accurate.

The man said under questioning this week that he had not been convicted of a crime. Merchan asked the juror to come to court Thursday morning for additional questioning. Inside the court, there’s broad acknowledgment of the futility in trying to find jurors without knowledge of Trump. A prosecutor this week said that lawyers were not looking for people who had been “living under a rock for the past eight years.”

He said that “as evidenced by what’s happened already, it’s become a problem.” The answers also will be redacted from court transcripts. Several of the posts involved an article that referred to former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen as a “serial perjurer,” and one from Wednesday repeated a claim by a Fox News host that liberal activists were lying to get on the jury, said prosecutor Christopher Conroy.

On the second day of jury selection in Donald Trump's hush money case, approximately six jurors have been seated. NBC New York's Erica Byfield reports.

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