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Live updates: Prospective jurors screened as Trump Organization criminal trial kicks off

Rebecca CohenOct 25, 2022, 20:40 IST

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Jury selection in the criminal tax-fraud case against the Trump Organization began Monday.
Prospective jurors gasped when they were told what case they could be deciding.

Jury selection kicked off on Monday in the criminal tax-fraud case against the Trump Organization, former President Donald Trump's business.

"Some of you are about to be selected for a trial in a criminal case," some 130 prospective jurors were told by New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, who swore them in just after 11 a.m. at a downtown Manhattan courtroom Monday.

Selected jurors must determine whether or not the Trump Organization defrauded tax authorities. The Trump Organization is accused of paying executives some of their compensation off the books in the form of untaxed perks like free apartments and cars.

Jurors were notified that the trial is expected to last until the December holiday season.

Some potential jurors gasped in court as a judge revealed they might serve on the Trump Org criminal trial

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a Save America rally Friday, July 22, 2022, in Prescott, Ariz.Ross D. Franklin/AP

A prospective juror excused from Trump Organization tax evasion trial said 'there is no chance in hell' she could have been impartial

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022.Mary Altaffer/AP

Jury selection for the Trump Organization trial started with a warning: Brace for a long trial

Donald Trump at a rally in Minden, Nevada, on October 8, 2022. Newly released footage shows Trump complaining about his popularity with American Jews.José Luis Villegas/AP

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Live updates: Prospective jurors screened as Trump Organization criminal trial kicks off

Some potential jurors gasped in court as a judge revealed they might serve on the Trump Org criminal trial

A prospective juror excused from Trump Organization tax evasion trial said 'there is no chance in hell' she could have been impartial

Jury selection for the Trump Organization trial started with a warning: Brace for a long trial

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