What to know about Trump's hush money trial
- Former President Donald Trump's hush money trial resumes in New York City for the third day today with jury selection. Twelve jurors have been seated so far, with new additions today including a man who works in investment banking and a security engineer.
- Tuesday's proceedings in state Judge Juan Merchan's courtroom were marked by fiery exchanges over Trump's behavior and old Facebook posts of prospective jurors.
- Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a $130,000 payment made to adult film actor Stormy Daniels at the end of the 2016 election cycle to keep her quiet about her allegation that she and Trump had a sexual encounter. Trump has denied the affair.
- Catch up with what you missed on Day 2.
Trump returns to Trump Tower
The former president's motorcade has returned to Trump Tower after the third day of the hush money trial.
Meet the 12 jurors at Trump’s hush money trial
All 12 jurors, plus an alternate, were selected this week to serve on the jury after they made it clear to both sides that they could render a fair and impartial verdict.
Prosecutors and the defense team whittled down a pool of nearly 200 people to 12 jurors and an alternate after having grilled them about their personal histories, political views, social media posts and ability to remain impartial despite any opinions they might have about the polarizing former president.
Here's a brief description of each juror.
Trump attorney asks who the DA plans to call as first 3 witnesses
Trump attorney Todd Blanche asked whom the district attorney's office plans to call as its first three witnesses. Joshua Steinglass of the DA’s office refused on the basis that Trump has been tweeting about them.
Judge Merchan said he does not fault the DA’s office for its position. Blanche said Trump will not tweet about the witnesses, which Merchan said Blanche cannot promise, and he told him to treat the information as “attorneys’ eyes only.”
Merchan declined to order the DA’s office to name its first three witnesses, and Steinglass did not otherwise agree to do so.
Trump continues criticizing the case after court proceedings end for the day
Trump addressed reporters after court was dismissed for the day. He said that he was supposed to be in states like Georgia, New Hampshire and North Carolina to campaign but that instead "I've been here all day" for an "unfair trial."
Trump held up a stack of news stories and editorials that he said were critical of the case. He continued railing against the trial. "The whole thing is a mess," he said.
Trump did not respond to shouted questions from reporters.
Judge gives instructions to newly sworn-in jurors
Judge Merchan gave instructions to the jurors who were sworn in minutes ago. Among them: Do not discuss the case.
The jurors were then escorted out of the courtroom and walked past the defense table, from which Trump stared at them.
Court ends for the day. Dismissal on Monday and Tuesday will be 2 p.m.
The court has decided that 2 p.m. will be the trial end time next Monday and Tuesday.
Here's the gender breakdown of the 12-person jury
The jury is seven men and five women.
Jurors are sworn in
The jurors selected today to sit on the panel were sworn in, vowing to hear the case in a "fair and impartial manner."
Trump watched as they raised their right hands for the swearing-in.
Jury selection will continue tomorrow for the six alternates.
Twelve jurors have been selected
The court has now seated 12 jurors.
“We have our jury,” Judge Merchan said when the 12th juror was picked.
The next six jurors selected will serve as alternates.
“I’m hopeful we will finish tomorrow,” the judge added.
Potential juror says she was a Bernie Sanders supporter when posting critically about Trump
A potential juror has been brought back into the courtroom for questions about her social media posts.
As she read one of her posts to the court, she said she was a Bernie Sanders supporter at the time.
“I was in a disturbed frame of mind during that election cycle," she said, adding that she no longer holds the positions expressed in the post.