Trump trial: Jury selection resumes in New York City for 3rd day in former president’s trial [Video]

Jury selection in former President Trump’s historic and unprecedented criminal trial stemming from charges brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg resumed Thursday morning.

The former president arrived in the courtroom in lower Manhattan shortly after 9 a.m. 

Bragg has charged Trump, the 2024 presumptive Republican presidential nominee, with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. The charges are related to alleged hush money payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

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Trump has pleaded not guilty to all counts. He has blasted the trial as pure politics, a “political persecution,” and maintains his innocence. The former president is expected to testify during his trial.

“I tell the truth,” Trump said last week, when asked about his possible testimony.

Trump is the first president in United States history …