Jury selection got underway in Manhattan Monday in Michael Cohen’s lawsuit against the Trump Organization, in which the former president’s one-time fixer is demanding over $1 million in lawyers’ fees incurred in the years since their fallout.
Roughly half a pool of about 40 potential jurors shot their hands up when Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Joel Cohen asked whether they had any strong, negative, or positive opinions about the Trump clan and their family real estate business.
Five people put their hand up when asked if they were personally familiar with Donald Trump Jr., who’s expected to testify. Some prospective panelists giggled when the judge said the former president wouldn’t be called as a witness.
