Trump Reports for New York Jury Duty, Takes Campaign Break

Asked whether he would seek to be excused, he said only, “It will be interesting.”
Trump Reports for New York Jury Duty, Takes Campaign Break
epublican Presidential hopeful Donald Trump gives the thumbs up as he arrives at U.S. Federal Court to report for jury duty on August 17, 2015 in New York City. Andrew Burton/Getty Images
|Updated:

NEW YORK—Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump took a break Monday from courting voters to go to court as a potential juror.

Trump shook hands and fist-bumped bystanders as he reported for jury duty at a Manhattan court, arriving in a limousine. Flanked by a crush of cameras and reporters as he walked up the courthouse steps — and paused to wave at the top — Trump waited in a security line before going to the jury room, where he was greeted with murmurs from the 75 or more potential jurors.

Asked whether he would seek to be excused, he said only, “It will be interesting.”