New Yorkers who said they couldn’t approach the case fairly were excused during jury selection. But one of the women with the harshest assessments of him will be among those who will determine his fate on 34 counts of falsifying business records.
“I don’t like his persona, how he presents himself in public,” said the woman, who has lived in upper Manhattan for the last 15 years. The woman said she didn’t agree with some of Trump’s politics, which she called “outrageous.”
“He just seems very selfish and self-serving, so I don’t really appreciate that in any public servant,” she said, adding that while she doesn’t “know him as a person,” how he “portrays himself in public, it just seems to me it is not my cup of tea.”
Trump’s legal team took issue with her responses, but they were out of challenges by the time she was up for consideration.
YOU may not want to be on this jury, but having a jury of one’s peers is a fundamental protection against tyranny. Inevitably some people recognize that and are willing to accept the risks of being on this particular jury to ensure due process is actually followed.
Yeah, I’d gladly serve on a jury just like I gladly pay my taxes and contribute to mutual aid. I want the results of people doing these things, so I’ll give more than I get because others need more than they can give