Welcome to the beat, I'm Ari Melber, and this is a significant week for

defendant Donald Trump, as you may have heard. He is facing off

against this jury that's being selected in his home state, the criminal trial

where he has been mandated to attend every day the

court is in session that's been the last two days today as has been scheduled

is a dark day most Wednesdays the New York court is not expected to meet although that can change.

They made a lot of progress yesterday.

More than a third of the total jurors needed have now been sworn in.

So that is a big step forward. Now Trump has tried to delay this case every

single chance he's had which is the same approach they've used in other

places and now he's going online complaining that this is moving quickly.

And that is an odd complaint for someone who has also said that it takes him off the campaign trail or it's not fair as a so-called quote

witch hunt. If you think those things then logically

you would want to get this over with to get back to the campaign trail and if you

think you're innocent you would want to go through with it and show the jury

that move on.

His attorney, Alina Haba, who is not involved in this direct case,

but does speak out for Trump on a host of issues, legal and otherwise,

is arguing that this jury, which remember we don't know anything

about yet is biased because it is a jury of his peers in the jurisdiction

where the alleged conduct occurred which is what is required for fairness under law.

We're seeing a painful unfortunately selection because we're in the state of New York which is definitely by design.

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