Court adjourns after first day of Trump’s historic criminal trial – as it happened

Ex-president dozed off during calm day of proceedings in trial over hush-money payments to Stormy Daniels, with some potential jurors chosen. This blog is now closed.

Shortly, we should have the first set of potential jurors enter the courtroom where they will give their responses verbally to a 42-point questionnaire.

There are several categories of questions, including: in which New York neighborhood they live, their educational background, whether they've engaged in political activism or previously served on a jury.