It was about 2:30 on Monday afternoon when the first 96 potential jurors filed into a drab courtroom in Lower Manhattan to encounter the world's most famous defendant: Donald J. Trump. Some craned their necks to catch a glimpse, an indication of the undeniable power of Mr. Trump's celebrity.
More than 50 of those same prospective jurors were dismissed because they said they could not be impartial about the 45th president, drawn from one of the nation's most liberal counties. The trial may well be a surreal experience, juxtaposing the case's mundane-sounding criminal charges against the potentially seismic effect it could have on the presidential race.
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