Donald Trump trial: Jury selection [Video]

Lawyers in former President Donald Trump’s hush money case shifted their attention Friday to picking alternates as jury selection resumed for a fourth day. The proceedings began again with the questionnaire phase of jury selection and 22 possible jurors were brought in. As many as five alternate jurors must be picked.Thursday’s proceedings demonstrated unpredictability in the selection process, with two jurors who had been seated a day earlier being dismissed from the panel. A total of 12 jurors and one alternate were ultimately sworn in.The judge has suggested that opening statements could begin as early as Monday, before prosecutors begin laying out their case alleging a scheme to cover up negative stories Trump feared would hurt his 2016 presidential campaign.The hush money case is the first of Trump’s four indictments to reach trial.At the heart of the allegations is a $130,000 payment made to porn actor Stormy Daniels by Michael …