The first criminal trial of a former U.S. president is slated to begin Monday with jury selection — the painstaking process of choosing 12 people from a pool of hundreds to deliver a verdict in what may be the most closely watched court case in American history.
It’s a complex, highly choreographed affair that’s likely to take weeks. Prosecutors and defense attorneys will spend long days in the downtown Manhattan courthouse probing prospective jurors for biases, then sparring privately in front of the judge over who should be struck and who should remain.
