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Lauren Aratani in New York

Trump trial turns ordinary task of jury selection into the extraordinary

People protest outside court in New York on 15 April.
People protest outside court in New York on 15 April. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Jury duty in America can often be a banal affair, a day spent in a courthouse filling out forms and telling lawyers when you scheduled your next vacation.

But for those New Yorkers summoned to the state courthouse on Monday it was a day when the ordinary had become extraordinary. They arrived to a frenetic scene of loud protest and high security in downtown Manhattan – a sure sign that Donald Trump is yet again in court.

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