Former President Donald Trump awaits the start of proceedings on the second day of jury selection at Manhattan criminal court in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
The jurors are picked by process of elimination in a system that will repeat until a full jury is selected: Eighteen prospective jurors are brought to the jury box and then lawyers move to have certain prospective jurors eliminated "for cause."
They then eliminate some peremptory challenges, which don’t require a reason.
Trump has been charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree relating to alleged hush money payments to Stormy Daniels during his successful 2016 presidential campaign.
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Former President Donald Trump waves as he returns to Trump Tower in New York City. (Probe-Media for Fox New Digital)
Merchan also told Trump that he has a right to be present at the trial, but that if he disrupts the proceedings, he would be removed. Trump nodded after hearing the instructions.
The judge denied Trump’s request to be excused from the trial next Thursday, after the president expressed he wanted to attend arguments at the Supreme Court about presidential immunity.
The judge has not yet ruled on whether the trial will be adjourned so Trump can attend his son Barron’s high school graduation.
Fox News Digital's Lawrence Richard and Bradford Betz contributed to this report.
Timothy Nerozzi is a writer for Fox News Digital. You can follow him on Twitter @timothynerozzi and can email him at timothy.nerozzi@fox.com
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