Fast pace

Fast pace of jury selection runs counter to Trump's delay strategy

From CNN's Aditi Sangal

Before Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial began, experts had deemed that selecting a jury would be a long and challenging task. But six jurors have already been seated before the end of Day 2. 

Six more jurors, as well as alternates, are required for jury selection to conclude. 

“Remember, the tactic here from defense counsel for months and months, it was to delay this trial. This pace is absolutely antithetical to trying to delay that process. In other words, this defendant, Donald Trump, has the pacing of most defendants who are charged with the crime in New York City,” CNN chief legal analyst Laura Coates said. 

Remember: For months now, Trump’s team has pushed to delay the New York trial, as part of the former president’s broader strategy of trying to push back all four of his trials until after the 2024 election.