At a hastily scheduled New York appeals court hearing Friday afternoon, Donald Trump's attorney Cliff Robert called for an interim stay in the hush money trial and argued the venue should be changed from Manhattan.
Robert argued that seating a jury in three days with so many potential jurors being dismissed for cause over bias is “untenable.”
He also cited a woman who was seated on the jury Tuesday and asked to be dismissed Thursday after she felt pressure from the media attention. Robert argued it showed how the publicity surrounding the case has made the trial unfair to Trump.
Steven Wu, the district attorney’s appeals lawyer, said the record shows the opposite: that "Jury selection has worked."
He said there's been a "robust process" to ensure jurors can be fair and impartial. He also pointed to the juror questionnaire that Wu said is longer than typically used.
Judge Marsha Michael said she would issue a ruling shortly.