Trump hush money trial: jury selection continues in historic criminal case – live

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The criminal trial of Donald Trump has entered its second day as jury selection remains under way.

The first former US president to stand criminal trial, Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records surrounding hush-money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels.

Trump’s lawyers have repeatedly tried to get the trial postponed by attempting to remove Judge Juan Merchan – who is overseeing the case – and challenge his rulings, including a gag order. Trump’s lawyers have also tried - and failed - to move the trial from Manhattan over claims that the former president would not be able to get a fair jury pool in the heavily Democratic borough.

In a selection process that is expected to take several days, more than 500 potential jurors have been summoned to the Manhattan courthouse. Each potential juror is expected to read their responses to a 42-point questionnaire while Merchan informs them of the individuals who are expected to appear in the trial, including potential witnesses.

In a win for prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney’s office on Monday, Merchan allowed them to admit as evidence the full transcript of Trump’s 2005 Access Hollywood tape in which he said he could grab women “by the pussy”.

Stay tuned as we bring you the latest updates.

Here are other developments in US politics:

• House Republicans are set to present impeachment articles against the homeland security secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas.

• Joe Biden is expected to travel to Scranton, Pennsylvania, for two campaign events later today.