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But the ritual of choosing the jury got off to a slow start as more than half of the first group of 96 potential jurors raised their hands to say they could not be fair to Mr. Trump, demonstrating the challenges of picking an impartial panel in a city where the defendant is widely loathed. The judge immediately excused them.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Fair. I'm mostly poking fun at the fact that, at least in my experience, there are exceptionally few people who have had anything approaching a neutral stance about Trump since 2016. The article noted "the challenges of picking an impartial panel in a city where the defendant is widely loathed".