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| 0:00.0 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. |
| 0:06.0 | Day two of jury selection has wrapped up in the criminal fraud trial of former President |
| 0:12.2 | Donald Trump. So far, seven people have been selected to sit |
| 0:16.7 | on the jury. NPR's Jimena Bustio reports more than 90 potential jurors have been dismissed from the proceedings. |
| 0:25.0 | The process to select a fair and impartial jury is expected to take up the rest of this week, |
| 0:30.0 | but progress was made. In total, there will be 12 jurors and six alternates. |
| 0:35.0 | The jurors include a guy who works in sales, an oncology nurse, a corporate lawyer and IT consultant, |
| 0:41.0 | a software engineer, and an educator. |
| 0:44.0 | Former President Donald Trump, who is facing 34 felony counts, |
| 0:47.5 | has long argued that this trial is a witch hunt |
| 0:50.6 | and election interference. |
| 0:52.4 | But he's also making the most of his time in New York City, |
| 0:55.4 | leaving after court adjourned for the day |
| 0:57.2 | to make a campaign stop at a Bodega in Harlem. |
| 1:00.3 | The jury selection process is expected to continue on Thursday and Judge Juan Mershahn has told all parties to prepare for opening statements on Monday. |
| 1:09.0 | Hemanabustio and PR News, New York. |
| 1:12.0 | Another Republican is joining ongoing efforts to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson. |
| 1:18.0 | NPR's Deidder Walsh report, Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green, has been leading the effort to oust him |
| 1:25.8 | after Johnson passed a government spending bill last month with Democratic support. |
| 1:30.8 | The Speaker faced a new call today from Kentucky Republican Tom Massey |
| 1:34.6 | who called on him to resign and said he's signing on to Marjorie Taylor |
| 1:38.8 | Greens bill to try to oust the speaker. You know, we should note that the speaker has a really small margin and if Marjorie |
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