All 12 jurors seated for Trump’s historic criminal trial – as it happened

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• All 12 jurors seated in Trump hush-money trial after two dismissals

Judge Merchan, in directing the press not to use physical descriptors to describe jurors, complained specifically about mentioning one of the jurors had an Irish accent.

We just lost" what would have been a good juror for the case, Merchan said, after one of the jurors was excused after she told the court that she had concerns about her ability to be impartial. Merchan added:

She said she was afraid and intimidated by the press, all the press.

I would recommend the press simply apply common sense and refrain from anything that has to do, for example, with physical descriptions. It's just not necessary, it serves no purpose.