Trump's lawyers and prosecutors spar over 'lock him up' posts and 2020 social media. Here's what you missed on trial Day 2.

The task of finding 12 impartial jurors was off to a bumpy start Tuesday as attorneys for Donald Trump, a former president known for his unfiltered use of social media,pressed New Yorkers about whether they could fairly judge him.

A prospective juror pronounced Trump “totally guilty” in an interview outside the courthouse Monday. A day later, that person, an American history teacher, was struck from a rapidly winnowing pool of more than 500 New Yorkers.

Lawyers excavated ancient social media posts, asked jurors to explain inconsistent answers and tried to strike from the pool candidates they feared could spell danger for their case.

At one point, the judge presiding over the case, Juan Merchan, warned Trump that he should not try to intimidate potential jurors.

Trump is defending himself against 34 felony counts of falsifying business records for his alleged role in arranging a hush money payment to a porn star during the 2016 presidential election. He has denied all charges.

As Trump’s attorneys closely watched each juror, Todd Blanche, his lead attorney, took handwritten notes. Some of the answers prompted a smile. Trump mostly looked straight ahead.

By the numbers

The selection process started with 96 jurors in the first batch. By Tuesday, more than half had been excused after they said they could not be fair or impartial. That left 34. From there, 18 were seated in the jury box and winnowed down to six. And then six more were brought in, who were reduced to one.

Seven jurors, including a former waiter, an oncology nurse, an attorney, an IT consultant, a teacher and a software engineer, were seated by the late afternoon in a process that took two days. Merchan appeared optimistic a jury of 12 New Yorkers and most