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Former US President Donald Trump gestures as he enters Manhattan Criminal Court after a lunch break during his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, in New York City on April 19, 2024. A panel of 12 jurors was sworn in on April 18, 2024, for the unprecedented criminal trial of a former US president. (Photo by Spencer Platt / POOL / AFP) (Photo by SPENCER PLATT/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Full Jury Seated In Trump ‘Hush Money’ Trial, Opening Statements Set For Monday

Following a dramatic day in which two potential jurors broke down in tears, an appeals court judge denied Trump’s request for a stay of proceedings, and a man set himself on fire in front of the courthouse, opening statements in Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial are scheduled to start next week.

Former US President Donald Trump (C) departs the courtroom for the day at Manhattan Criminal Court during his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, in New York City on April 19, 2024. A panel of 12 jurors was sworn in on April 18, 2024, for the unprecedented criminal trial of a former US president. (Photo by Maansi Srivastava / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MAANSI SRIVASTAVA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Can Trump Get a Fair Trial in New York City?

All 12 jurors have been selected in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial.

Media vehicles are parked outside of the Manhattan Criminal Court building as former US President Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, in New York City on April 19, 2024. A panel of 12 jurors was sworn in on April 18, 2024, for the unprecedented criminal trial of a former US president. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Man Sets Himself On Fire Outside Trump Trial Courthouse

A man, who has now been identified by police as Max Azzarello, poured gasoline on himself and abruptly set himself on fire alongside onlookers and pedestrians outside of the Manhattan Criminal Court building.

US-HEALTH-VIRUS-ANIMAL-RATS Members of 'The Ryder's Alley Trencher-fed Society (R.A.T.S.)' meet with their dogs to vermin control a neighborhood in lower Manhattan on May 14, 2021 in New York City. - Late one Friday night, eight dog enthusiasts and their pet pooches prowl several dark alleys in New York with one mission: to hunt and kill as many rats as possible. The dogs, mostly terriers, pant and strain at their leashes before diving into trash bags and emerging seconds later with a convulsing rodent between their teeth. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

N.Y.C: Infectious Diseases From Rat Urine On The Rise

The New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has released a health advisory after human infections from rat urine have been on the rise.

In this courtroom sketch, former President Donald Trump sits beside his lawyer Todd Blanche on the second day of jury selection in his criminal trial in Manhattan criminal court in New York on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (Christine Cornell via AP Pool)

7 Jurors Seated In Trump ‘Hush Money’ Trial

Seven jurors have now been selected to serve on the jury for former President Donald Trump’s trial.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 15: Former U.S. President Donald Trump appears with his legal team ahead of the start of jury selection at Manhattan criminal court on April 15, 2024 in New York City. Former President Donald Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial. (Photo by Jabin Botsford-Pool/Getty Images)

Trump Fighting Uphill Battle In N.Y. Jury Selection

Many are wondering if President Trump can receive a fair trial in Manhattan, as the borough is decidedly left-leaning. One America’s Daniel Baldwin has more.