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Thaddeus Hoffmeister, Professor of Law, University of Dayton

Do unbiased jurors exist to serve at Trump's trials in the age of social media?

Can anyone say they haven't seen any news about Donald Trump and the 2020 election? Raymond Boyd/Getty Images

As trial dates approach for former President Donald Trump’s indictments, both he and prosecutors are already claiming it will be hard to secure an impartial jury.

Special counsel Jack Smith has said Trump’s public statements risk contaminating the jury pool for the charges he will face in a federal court in Washington, D.C., related to his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

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