Another panel of 96 individuals were brought in to be sworn as potential jurors.
Some looked around curiously – perhaps nervous, perhaps excited — as they passed the half-dozen journalists and a sketch artist in the back row, according to to pool reports
“Ma’am, ma’am put your cell phone away,” a court security officer told one potential juror after she saw Donald Trump and tried to pull out her phone.
Some looked nervous. One man and woman were whispering feverishly to one another. Heads craned to try and look at Trump, according to pool reports.
The potential jurors were sworn in, vowing to truthfully answer all questions. Then were dismissed for the day.
“I know that you’ve been sitting around all day, waiting for something to happen, and I want you to know that that wasn’t lost on us,” Judge Juan Merchan said, telling them that things would start right away when they return Thursday morning.
The rest of the afternoon will pivot to questioning of six potential jurors from the first panel.