Hi everyone it's 4 o'clock in New York where an epic collision of opposing forces is underway. Of course we're talking

about the first criminal trial of an American ex-president which is set to

commence in a matter of days. It is today crashing into Donald Trump's well-honed strategy of

delay delay delay. For example this morning with just five days to go before

jury selection begins that strategy produced yet another appeal in the

hush money case, a third in three days. Donald Trump's lawyers filed the

challenge invoking an article of New York state law, reportedly citing Judge Juan Wamarshan's refusal to step aside in the case.

But while such shameless attempts to delay accountability combined with an ever looming presidential election season are enough to make any one of us say

let's just get to it already.

We should never lose sight of how historic this moment in time really is. We are in the last period before this has never

happened before, right? Because on Monday attorneys for both sides are going

to begin the process of selecting members of a jury.

A group of 12 New Yorkers, men and women, uniquely tasked with deciding one small matter,

the fate of a criminal defendant who was also a presidential

Verrunner accused of secretly buying the silence of a porn star

in the twilight hours of the 2016 presidential campaign and trying to cover it up.

Whether you owe your comprehension of the judicial process and system to a law degree or to watching my cousin Vinny or runaway jury like me

understand the process at this point is pretty straightforward.

People just like you and me respond to our jury

duty summons were called to the courthouse will be questioned by attorneys who

will evaluate the answers in an attempt to gauge bias, right, to game this out one

or the other.

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