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The criminal trial of former president Donald Trump begins today. The case revolves around allegations Trump covered up hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels before his election in 2016. But, if you can imagine it, the legal proceedings might actually get even more sordid than that previous sentence would indicate.
On social media, former federal prosecutor/law school professor Joyce White Vance sees something sinister in the effort to seat a jury in the Trump case. Yes, it went remarkably quickly, but not without some hiccups. One juror was removed from the panel — at their request — because the information reported about the juror was revealing enough that people in their life were able to piece it together. That concern was enough to get that juror off the case. Vance notes the other kind of cases were potential jurors worry about being ID’d: Mob cases.
That’s… deeply disturbing, but not terribly surprising. Trump has made a habit of shitposting about everyone even marginally associated with the case — no wonder that scared off some potential jurors.
Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of The Jabot podcast, and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email her with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter @Kathryn1 or Mastodon @Kathryn1@mastodon.social.
