Monday evening, after the first day’s slog of jury selection in former president Donald Trump’s so-called hush-money trial in Manhattan criminal court, it was being estimated that the process of finding twelve jurors and six alternates could take close to a month. But the pace picked up markedly Tuesday. By the end of the session, seven jurors had been seated.
Still needed are five additional jurors plus six alternate jurors. Judge Juan Merchan observed that at Tuesday’s rate — even with Wednesday being an off-day, as it is expected to be throughout the trial — the full jury of 18 could be selected by the end of this week.
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