Donald Trump says he has “a real problem” with the judge presiding over his trial in New York

He denounces the whole affair as being a “witch hunt”. Former US President Donald Trump said, Monday April 15, on the first day of his trial in New York, that he “a real problem” with the judge. “We are not going to have the right to a fair trial, it’s very, very sad,” he told the press. Donald Trump’s first criminal trial opened on Monday, a historic event for a former American head of state.

The Republican Party candidate for the November 5 presidential election also complained of not being able to organize his campaign as he wishes. “That I’m not in Georgia or Florida or North Carolina, campaigning like I should be campaigning, that’s perfect for the radical left Democrats. That’s exactly what they want. It’s about electoral interference. That’s all.he added.

More than half of jurors exempted

The billionaire is being prosecuted for payments intended to buy the silence of former porn actress Stormy Daniels a few days before the 2016 election, which he won narrowly against Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. When he arrived in court, he had already castigated “an unprecedented, unprecedented political persecution” against him.

The process for selecting jurors is complex. Hundreds of Manhattan residents, drawn at random, received summons to appear in court on Monday. Of the first group of 96 potential jurors allowed into the courtroom, more than half raised their hands to signal that they felt unable to impartially judge Donald Trump. They were therefore immediately exempted. The remaining thirty must answer a series of generic questions. The goal of this voir dire process (literally “telling the truth”) is to select 12 jurors and six alternates for this trial scheduled to last until the end of May.