The Trump Jury and the New York Judge's Gag Order

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 19 April 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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The first week of Donald Trump's hush-money trial concludes with the seating of 12 jurors, while the former President fumes about a gag order by Judge Juan Merchan that bars him from criticizing jurors, witnesses and court staff. Plus, the Senate summarily dismisses the impeachment articles passed by the House against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:21.6	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:27.0	The New York-Hush Money Trial of Donald Trump finishes its first week by seating 12 jurors and six alternates as Trump
0:36.1	chafes against the judge's gag order. Plus the Senate votes to summarily dismiss impeachment
0:42.4	articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkus.
0:47.0	Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.
0:50.5	We are joined today by my colleagues editorial board member
0:53.6	Manay Uhwe Berua and columnist Bill McGurn.
0:57.5	Judge Juan Mershahn intends to start hearing evidence on Monday
1:01.7	in the first criminal trial of Donald Trump after spending evidence on
1:03.7	monday on monday in the first criminal trial of Donald Trump after spending much of this week on
1:06.6	the task of picking a jury and it must have been a strange experience for
1:11.4	Donald Trump sitting there in the courtroom listening to questions
1:15.9	asked of these jurors about him.
1:18.1	Statements made by the jurors about him.
1:20.1	Here's one.
1:21.1	This is from the Washington Post live blog of events there in the courtroom.
1:25.3	One potential juror saying, I'm born and raised in Brooklyn in New York and I've kind of
1:29.7	spent my whole life knowing about Donald Trump. Another asked whether he had views of Trump saying
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