‘Jurors Get Freaked Out’: CNN’s Elie Honig Says ‘They’re Gonna Need All Six’ Alternate Jurors in Trump Trial

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‘Jurors Get Freaked Out’: CNN’s Elie Honig Says ‘They’re Gonna Need All Six’ Alternate Jurors in Trump Trial

CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig predicted that Donald Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial will need the maximum of six alternate jurors in case several jurors get sick, become “spooked, or “freaked out” to the point where they cannot continue. A jury of 12, plus one alternate, were seated in the Trump case as of Thursday evening, with Judge Juan Merchan saying he hoped to have all alternates seated by the end of court Friday. Trump is facing 34…