Man sets self on fire next to NYC courthouse during Trump trial jury selection

A person set themselves on fire near the New York City courthouse Friday where jurors were seated in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial.Video from FOX 5 NY shows what appears to be a person engulfed in flames outside of the Lower Manhattan municipal buildings around 1:30 p.m."Police! Police! There's a guy lighting himself on fire," a person is heard yelling in video taken at the scene.A person could be clearly seen lying on the ground on fire.

"This guy just starts dousing himself with gas," he told FOX 5 NY. "He covered himself in enough gas that he just lit himself on fire."A full jury of 12 people and six alternates has been seated in Trump’s hush money case, drawing the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president a step closer to opening statements.Trump is accused of falsifying business records to suppress stories about his sex life emerging in the final days of the 2016 election.

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