Legal
Trump Jurors May Be Quizzed on Bumper Stickers, PACs, Books
- Judge, lawyers mull questions for potential jurors at trial
- First criminal trial against Trump is set for March 25
Donald Trump exits New York State Supreme Court on Feb. 15.
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Jurors who will pass judgment in Donald Trump’s first criminal trial may have to disclose what bumper stickers they have on their car, whether they’ve read his “Art of the Deal” and even what radio shows they listen to.
Those were some of the questions that came up during a Thursday hearing where Judge Juan Merchan in Manhattan set a March 25 trial date over allegations Trump paid hush money to a porn star before the 2016 election.