The jury selection process is due to kick off on Monday, with Justice Juan Merchan presiding. Lawyers from both sides will have the opportunity to question prospective jurors, who may be asked about their personal views on Trump, a Republican businessman-turned-politician who first achieved fame decades ago in the most-populous U.S. city, and whether they can decide the case impartially. The city is heavily Democratic.
Prosecutors accused the company of engaging in a sweeping tax fraud over a period of 15 years starting in 2005. They have accused the company of allowing certain employees to understate their taxable compensation, enabling it to evade payroll taxes. Lawyers for the Trump Organization have called the case a "selective prosecution" based on animosity by the prosecution toward Trump for his political views, though the judge overseeing it has rejected that argument. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and his predecessor who began the investigation, Cyrus Vance, are Democrats.
Two prosecutors who had been leading the investigation resigned in February, with one saying that felony charges should be brought against Trump but that Bragg indicated he had doubts. Weisselberg, who worked at the company for five decades, has said he was charged because he would not turn on his longtime boss. Merchan rejected that argument in an August decision to let the case
Keep ignoring the Biden families actual crimes
Fake piece of crap ,they are trying to suffocate him because He shakes their evil plans . The Bad ,ugly people fighting The Good person.