Seven confirmed jurors

One of the seven confirmed jurors has been excused

She told the judge that, after sleeping on it, she no longer believed she could be impartial.

ERICA ORDEN

When the day began, we had seven confirmed jurors. Now we're down to six.

At the beginning of today's proceedings, Justice Juan Merchan announced that one of the jurors who had been selected on Tuesday — an oncology nurse from the Upper East Side — called the court yesterday to say that "after sleeping on it overnight, she had concerns about her ability to be fair and impartial in this case." He asked her to come to court today for further questioning.

Merchan then quickly excused the juror. She said that "yesterday, alone, I had friends, colleagues and family push things to my phone regarding questioning my identity as a juror." She added: "I don’t believe, at this point, that I can be fair and unbiased and let the outside influences not affect my thinking in the courtroom."