It is the first of Mr Trump’s four criminal cases to go to trial.
Former president Donald Trump is pictured in a Manhattan criminal court ahead of the start of jury selection in New York on April 15, 2024
Dozens of people were dismissed after saying they did not believe they could be fair, though dozens of other prospective jurors have yet to be questioned. It puts Mr Trump’s legal problems at the centre of the closely contested race against President Joe Biden, with Mr Trump painting himself as the victim of a politically motivated justice system working to deprive him of another term.
The charges centre on 130,000 dollars in payments that Mr Trump’s company made to his then-lawyer, Michael Cohen. Jury selection could take several more days — or even weeks — in the heavily Democratic city where Mr Trump grew up and catapulted to celebrity status decades before winning the White House.
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