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The troubles plaguing Donald Trump’s first criminal trial in New York City and its anonymous jury are starting to mount, as a nurse slotted as “juror number two” bowed out after details of her personal life revealed in court allowed her to be identified by friends and colleagues, scaring her enough to want to avoid serving on the most significant trial in the country’s history.
“I definitely have concerns now… about being in public. Yesterday alone, I had friends, colleagues push things to my phone questioning my identity as a juror. I don’t believe at this point that I can be fair and unbiased and let the outside influences not affect my decision to be in the courtroom,” she told the judge Thursday morning.
“Thank you. I’m sorry,” New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan replied. “You’re excused.”
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