7 jurors selected on second day of Donald Trump's NY criminal trial

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

MS NOW, Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 17 April 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Seven jurors have been chosen for the former president's New York criminal trial. Trump’s defense asked the judge to excuse several jurors for cause, pointing to social media posts and arguing that those jurors were unfairly biased against the former president. Then, the outrage over top WNBA draft pick Caitlin Clark's $333,000 salary. In contrast, last year's No. 1 NBA draft pick received a $55 million four-year contract. Plus, a special conversation with Pulitzer-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. Susan Glasser, Mark Joseph Stern, Harry Litman, Hans Nichols, Amanda Carpenter, Jemele Hill, Stephanie Gosk, Doris Kearns Goodwin

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0:00.0	Tonight the Trump jury seven New Yorkers have already been seated as the judge
0:05.8	signals the trial could be ahead of schedule. Plus Trump has big plans for his
0:10.6	media company but is streaming really the thing that will reverse the
0:14.8	stock slide?
0:16.6	And Republicans are close to firing their House Speaker again because they don't have anything
0:22.2	better to do as the 11th hour gets underway on this Tuesday night.
0:27.0	Good evening once again. I'm Stephanie Rule live from 30 Rock Center and we are now
0:36.0	203 days away from the election. Donald Trump's first criminal trial appears
0:41.5	to now be moving at a lot faster pace than anyone
0:45.0	expected. This was day two of jury selection and by late this afternoon
0:49.5	seven New York jurors were sworn in.
0:52.8	If this pace continues, we could actually see opening statements next week.
0:57.0	Attorneys spent most of the day combing through old social media posts
1:01.2	from potential jurors, pointing out any signs of
1:04.0	potential bias. My colleague Laura Jarrett has all the latest.
1:07.8	Of those selected so far, a salesperson, an oncology nurse, two attorneys, an IT consultant, a teacher, and a software engineer.
1:18.0	The slow moving vetting process springing into an animated focus group like atmosphere with today's pool of
1:24.5	nearly two dozen Manhattan residents offering their unvarnished views of the
1:28.9	presumptive GOP nominee to his face under questioning by the prosecution and defense.
1:35.0	One man calling Mr. Trump, quote, fascinating and mysterious,
1:39.0	one revealing he was a big fan of the apprentice in middle school.
1:43.0	A woman saying, quote, President Trump speaks his mind,
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