NEW YORK — A Brooklyn judge will allow people who have “some dislike” of former President Donald Trump to serve as jurors at the upcoming trial of his former associate Thomas Barrack, according to a ruling released Friday.
Judge Brian Cogan’s order comes after the billionaire real estate investor, who is charged with foreign lobbying efforts, asked him to dismiss more than 70% of the jury pool for a host of reasons that included hating Trump.
“(W)here a prospective juror evidenced, for example, merely some dislike of former President Donald Trump, and otherwise indicated that he could be fair and impartial, striking for cause is not appropriate, particularly at this stage,” wrote Cogan.
