Why jury selection for Trump’s hush money trial will be crucial

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Jordan Rubin is the Deadline: Legal Blog writer. He was a prosecutor for the New York County District Attorney’s Office in Manhattan and is the author of “Bizarro,' a book about the secret war on synthetic drugs. Before he joined MSNBC, he was a legal reporter for Bloomberg Law.

Trials can be won or lost in jury selection. Donald Trump’s hush money case is no different. It’s no surprise, then, that so much argument and work went into what questions will be asked of prospective jurors in Manhattan. We saw the 42-question list that Judge Juan Merchan released, and it runs the gamut from routine biographical queries to more specific ones about extremist group membership and feelings about this unique criminal defendant.

The limited number of challenges means that lawyers may be in situations where they might not like a particular potential juror, but if they strike them, then a worse one could be lurking around the corner. So it’s a tactical endeavor based at least partly on instinct. With crucial consequences. That all raises the question of what each side is looking for. The ostensible goal of jury selection is to pick a group that will be fair.

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