The juror leaves the court after having said that whatever implicit biases exist she understands the job of a juror is to judge the facts of the case.

Alex Woodward reports from the court:

Judge Merchan is mad. He said Trump was just now audible and gesturing towards the juror.

“I won’t tolerate that,” he said. “I will not let any jurors be intimidated in this courtroom.”

The juror is brought back into the courtroom after Judge Merchan stresses that he doesn’t want this to be a cross-examination — just a clarification.

When asked about the Facebook post she explains she went to move her car to comply with New York’s alternate side parking rules and thought it was a very celebratory moment in for the city, much like the 7pm cheer for service workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Blanche describes one juror as having “a series of extraordinarily hostile facebook posts”.

They appear to show people celebrating President Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump in the 2020 election. Blanches says that this is someone who thought it was significant and important enought to post a video of Trump’s defeat.

Judge Merchan indicates he would want to see the video to get the context and asks how Blanche knows this is the juror’s account given they are anonymous.

Blanche says they know from the information provided and the juror’s face.

Merchan says they cannot conclude it was an anti-Trump celebration nor that the individual was definitely there personally. She will be questioned when they potential jurors return.

Trump is attentively watching the jury box. Head held up high, craning to watch as the mic is passed down the line of potential jurors.

Blanche is now asking jurors if the introduction of Trump allies like Hope Hicks and other Trump-era officials as witnesses would make them think twice about being fair and impartial. They all shake their head no.

He also asked if jurors are affected by the other criminal cases against him. They said they don’t know much about them or don’t have an opinion about them, or acknowledged that they’re separate cases that aren’t in the same courts.

“He speaks his mind. That’s something that stirs the pot,” the TikTok grandmother said. “You can’t judge him because he speaks his mind.”

Jurors are now stepping out so the attorneys can go over their notes and make some decisions about who they want to keep.

Jurors are all largely in agreement: they can put their thoughts about Trump aside to focus on the facts of the case.

B38: “I look at the person sitting there as an individual.”

B158, an attorney: “I agree with the others about separating politics in here.”

The guy with a dog who became a citizen in 2017: “Policy of course I disagree with some things, agree with others. … The media or opinions of my Facebook friends or whatever are inconsequential … Feelings are not facts. I’m very grateful to be an American, and that happened the first year he was president.”

Asked for his thoughts on Trump, juror B89 said “I find him fascinating.”

“He walks into a room and he sets people off. I find that really interesting,” he said. “Certainly he makes things interesting.”

Blanche doesn’t really know what to do with that, and as people in court laugh, says: “Um, alright, thank you.”