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Today has been all about selecting a jury. Nada Tawfik & Kayla Epstein
This can be a long process (maybe even two weeks). And the legal teams have been - and continue to - listen carefully to how each member of the jury pool responds to a series of questions. BBC News, New York
Some questions are standard, like what neighbourhood do you live in? While others hint at how tricky it can be to find impartial people in New York, the Democratic city where Trump first made his name as a real estate tycoon. The BBC has been speaking to two former prosecutors about the Trump case, with wildly different interpretations.
Here are some of the more unique jury questions: Ambrosio Rodriguez, who isn't a Trump fan, thinks the former president is being prosecuted unfairly because of who he is.
Do you currently follow Donald Trump on any social media site or have you done so in the past? Rodriguez says the case relies on old allegations, and says the trial is "a waste of time, and not good for the country".
Do you listen to or watch podcasts? If so, which ones? "This seems just a political need and want to get Trump no matter what the costs are."
Have you ever attended a rally or campaign event for any anti-Trump group or organisation? Others disagree. Nick Akerman, who worked on the Watergate case, thinks it's far more serious.
As a reminder of just how complicated this whole process can get, you can read more about the sorts of questions being asked here. "This is about an effort to defraud the American voters in 2016 to keep them from learning material information that would have affected their vote," he said.
Trump's lawyers say he hid the payment to Stormy Daniels to save his family from embarrassment - not to hide it from voters.
Akerman disagrees: "First of all, all of this was done right before the election, it had nothing to do with his family," he added.
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