Trump hush money trial Day 2 takeaways

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🗓️ 17 April 2024

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A second day of former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial is in the books, and jury selection is going quicker than expected.

USA TODAY Congress, Campaigns and Democracy Reporter Karissa Waddick looks at President Joe Biden's push for blue-collar voters, and what several congressional districts won by Donald Trump might tell him.

A second GOP lawmaker backs the ousting of House speaker Mike Johnson.

USA TODAY Domestic Security Correspondent Josh Meyer talks about a new DHS program to combat child exploitation online.

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0:00.0	Wunderry Plus subscribers can listen to USA Today's the excerpt ad free right now.
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0:08.0	Good morning I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Wednesday April 17th, 2024. This is the
0:19.4	excerpt. Today we move closer to opening arguments in Trump's hush money trial, plus a look at
0:28.4	Biden and blue-collar voters and how the Department of Homeland Security aims to push back against the exploitation
0:35.2	of children online.
0:38.3	The first ever criminal prosecution of an ex-president continued yesterday.
0:42.6	Seven jurors were seated in former President Donald Trump's
0:45.6	hush money trial.
0:46.9	That's despite early predictions that it would take weeks
0:49.6	to seat 12 unbiased jurors.
0:52.0	At the current pace, five more jurors and six alternates are expected to be seated in the coming days.
0:58.0	Yesterday's proceeding saw the presumptive Republican presidential nominee warned by Judge Juan Merchant over potential juror intimidation.
1:05.8	While several possible jurors were confronted with social media posts that Trump's lawyers
1:10.9	said showed bias against the one-time reality TV star.
1:15.0	Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg hit Trump with 34 felony counts of falsifying
1:20.0	business records to cover up a six-figure hush money payment to adult film star Stormy
1:24.7	Daniels before the 2016 election.
1:28.2	Opening arguments could begin within a matter of days. President Joe Biden wants to win back blue collar voters.
1:39.0	And several congressional districts won by former President Donald Trump in 2020 may offer some clues.
1:45.2	I spoke with USA Today Congress campaigns and democracy reporter Karissa Waddick to learn more
1:51.6	Karissa thanks for hopping on the excerpt today yeah thanks for having me. So, Chris, so, would you just start by telling us about Tony Miledontry and his friends?
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