A lawyer for former President Donald Trump on Sunday predicted that he would be acquitted in the “hush-money” trial if he has an “impartial jury,” coming just a day before opening arguments in the trial are slated to start.
A jury of 12 and six alternates were sworn in on Friday by Judge Juan Merchan after a week of selecting from a pool of potential jurors. The judge also said that opening arguments would begin on Monday, April 21, in the case where the former president has been accused of falsifying business records to cover up alleged payments to bury potentially negative stories during the 2016 campaign.
