Answered their questionnaires

Here's how other potential jurors answered their questionnaires

Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell

More potential alternate jurors described their employment, some family members and what they do in their spare time:

• One prospective alternate is a married program manager for a global medical technology firm with a degree in mechanical engineering. She teaches and practices yoga and does home renovations in her spare time. She’s been the victim of a few smaller crimes, including credit card fraud, a stolen car, and her house was broken into. In response to specific questions, she said she has a friend who is an intellectual property litigator and others who are felons.
• Another prospective juror starts by saying that her father’s lifelong friend is former New Jersey Gov. and GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie. Judge Juan Merchan asks her if that would affect her ability to be fair and impartial. “I don’t believe so,” she says, prompting Merchan to ask if that was a figure of speech or if she’s unsure. It was just a figure of speech, she says. The prospective juror works in sales for a trading company. She likes to walk in Central Park, go to restaurants and enjoy New York City. She says she reads news from all sources through the Bloomberg terminal at her office. She used to listen The New York Times podcast “The Daily,” but says she stopped because it got “too depressing.” She notes that a relative of Michael Cohen works at her company but says she’s never worked with him. On the question of whether she has firmly held beliefs about Trump as a candidate that could interfere with her ability to be fair, she says, “I have opinions, but I don't think it should interfere.”
• Another juror works in insurance. "I try to find a wife in my spare time," he joked. He said he has two close friends in local law enforcement and three family members who work in the New York state court system, including a court officer in the courtroom.