Trump hush money criminal trial continues in New York: Live updates

• Jury selection in the criminal hush money trial of Donald Trump continued after the first day ended without any members of the 12-person jury being seated.
• More than half of the first 96 potential jurors to appear in Manhattan Supreme Court were excused after saying that they could not be fair or impartial.
• Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records as part of a scheme to hide a $130,000 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 presidential election.

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Jury selection in the New York criminal hush money trial of former President Donald Trump continued Tuesday, after the first day ended without anyone on the 12-person panel being seated.

As he entered the courtroom in Manhattan Supreme Court, Trump railed against Judge Juan Merchan and defended his payments to a former lawyer that are key to the prosecutors' case.

"We have a Trump-hating judge" who "shouldn't be on this case," Trump said.

Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records as part of a scheme to hide a $130,000 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 presidential election.

Trump's then-lawyer Michael Cohen made the payment, and Trump later reimbursed him in monthly installments that were falsely labeled, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg alleges.

"I was paying a lawyer and marked it down as a legal expense, some accountant, I didn't know, marked it down as a legal expense, that's exactly what it was," Trump said outside the courtroom Tuesday morning. "And you get indicted over that?"

Bragg accuses Trump of trying to influence the 2016 election by buying the silence of Daniels, who says she had a one-time