On Friday afternoon, four days into Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial, the selection of six alternate jurors finished at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse, after the 12-person jury was seated yesterday. Five Manhattan residents out of the 22 present in court rounded out the 18-person group.
Judge Juan M. Merchan also heard arguments on the issue of whether prosecutors can question Trump on his past attacks on women, lawsuits he lost, and the words of Judge Arthur Engoron, who called Trump’s testimony in his civil fraud case untrue. A decision on what’s been called the Sandoval hearing is expected on Monday.
