THE Donald Trumpthe first former US president to be tried in a criminal court in the midst of his election campaign, called his trial in New York an “attack on America”, which makes his presidential “duel” with Joe Biden even more unpredictable November elections.
Arriving at the Manhattan courthouse, the Republican businessman-politician once again denounced the “political persecution” he is suffering from the Democratic administration. Joe Biden.
Trump, 77, then followed one of his lawyers into the courtroom and sat blankly chatting with his legal counsel, ignoring prosecutor Alvin Bragg.
Judge Juan Mercan declared the trial to begin at 10:00 a.m. local time, after saying good morning to “Mr. Trump,” as he called him.
He immediately began considering the requests made by the defense and rejected the one they were asking him to recuse himself from. This was the second attempt by Trump’s legal staff to remove the judge from the case, citing a conflict of interest that his daughter works for a political consulting firm with Democratic clients.
The trial will continue with the selection of 12 jurors and 6 alternates from among a panel of Manhattan residents. Witness statements will follow.
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