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An unemployed Spanish woman will be a substitute member of the jury that will define the fate of Donald Trump

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By Evaristo Lara

Apr 19, 2024, 16:54 PM EDT

After several days of analyzing dozens of candidates, The 12 members of the jury against whom Donald Trump will try to prove his guilt in a new legal process filed against him have been defined. where it was also necessary to choose six substitute jurors, among them, a woman of Spanish origin who resides in New York.

Keeping the name of the European female in reserve that, if necessary, he will issue his opinion on the 34 charges brought against the former president of the nation, Some information about his personality was shared.

The woman in question He has a university degree, lived for several years in Miami, Florida, and at some point in his life worked in the business sector focused on the Hispanic population residing in the United States.

It turned out that it will be the first time that she is part of a jury, since her disinterest in being informed through the press allows her to stay away from the media treatment that has been given to the figure of Donald Trump even before becoming president. , in 2017.

“I don’t want to watch the news. I look at the headlines (…) I don’t delve into anything specific,” was part of the testimony cited about the questioning that the prosecutors asked her when interviewing her before choosing her as her substitute.

The imposing figure of Donald Trump surprised some of the people chosen to serve as jurors. (Credit: Seth Wenig/AP)

Lacking social networks, the Spanish woman claims to be unemployed and stay informed through her husband and therefore maintains that he lacks a base of information that could condition his opinion about the 77-year-old Republican who, starting next week, will be placed in the dock.

“I will base my verdict on the evidence presented. I will not take into account what has happened in the past. I will be objective and neutral for this case or for any case that justice needs me to do.“said the reserve jury, who also ruled out having any type of moral, political or religious convictions.

And as a complement, he claimed not to know or have dealings with people close to Donald Trump or who are part of the employees at his service either in his companies or in his political campaigns.

It should be noted that in the trial against the former US president he is accused of allegedly falsifying documents to buy the silence of a porn actress with whom he had a relationship.

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