Trump’s second day on criminal trial: Bodega visit, judge warning and more bizarre jury excuses

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. However, another man was removed due to a social media post celebrating the end of Mr Trump’s travel ban, which stated: “Get him out and lock him up.” Judge Merchan agreed to strike the juror, saying the post showed “a desire that Trump be locked up.” open image in gallery Former president Donald Trump awaits the start of proceedings on the second day of jury selection at Manhattan Criminal Court Another man was removed because he recently shared an AI video that featured a fake Trump declaring: “I’m dumb as f***.” “I thought it would be funny,” the prospective juror said. open image in gallery Former US president Donald Trump is seen sitting in this courtroom sketch while his lawyer Todd Blanche stands to speak during the second day of jury selection “Mr Blanche, while the juror was at the podium, maybe 12 feet from your client, your client was audibly uttering something, I don’t know exactly what he was uttering, he was audibly gesturing, speaking in the direction of the juror. The former president stopped by the Sanaa Convenient Store, formerly known as the Blue Moon Convenient Store, where a fatal stabbing occured in 2022. open image in gallery Former president Donald Trump reacts as he enters the Sanaa convenience store in Harlem on Tuesday afternoon Mr Trump arrived to meet with the store’s co-owner Maad Ahmed and small business advocate Francisco Marte and was met with cheers and chants of “USA! Referencing Mr Bragg, who Mr Trump says campaigned for DA on the promise he would “get Trump”, the former president said: “He goes after guys like Trump who did nothing wrong.