The former president suggested he should be entitled to "unlimited" strikes of potential jurors because he's in one of the "worst" venues in the country.
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I was then told we only had 10, not nearly enough when we were purposely given the 2nd Worst Venue in the Country," he wrote in a post on Truth Social, before decrying the criminal cases against him as “election interference” and part of a “witch hunt.”
The judge denied some other Trump “cause” dismissal requests, including a woman who’d posted on Facebook about celebrating Joe Biden’s 2020 election win.
By the end of the day Tuesday, both Trump and prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney’s office had used six of their 10 challenges, meaning they only have four each left for the remaining jurors.
The rigorous trial schedule will limit his ability to join in-person campaign events as part of his presidential bid — something the former president has complained about repeatedly.
NBC News reported last month that Trump plans to leverage his legal issues for political gain by falsely blaming President Joe Biden.
Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment to a porn star during the closing days of the 2016 presidential election.
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I was then told we only had 10, not nearly enough when we were purposely given the 2nd Worst Venue in the Country," he wrote in a post on Truth Social, before decrying the criminal cases against him as “election interference” and part of a “witch hunt.”
The judge denied some other Trump “cause” dismissal requests, including a woman who’d posted on Facebook about celebrating Joe Biden’s 2020 election win.
By the end of the day Tuesday, both Trump and prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney’s office had used six of their 10 challenges, meaning they only have four each left for the remaining jurors.
The rigorous trial schedule will limit his ability to join in-person campaign events as part of his presidential bid — something the former president has complained about repeatedly.
NBC News reported last month that Trump plans to leverage his legal issues for political gain by falsely blaming President Joe Biden.
Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment to a porn star during the closing days of the 2016 presidential election.
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