I’m hoping Mark Sumner will be up with a live blog but there’s a load of stuff already happening:
All from WaPo Liveblog:
Justice Juan Merchan dismissed Juror No. 2, a nurse who said she had concerns after people she knew identified her as a juror and messaged her.
She said she grew concerned about what had been reported publicly about her. Because of that, she worried about her ability to be a fair and impartial juror, after “sleeping on it overnight.”
“We just lost” what would have been a good juror for the case, Merchan said.
There are also potential problems with a second juror seated Tuesday, Juror No. 4. Justice Juan Merchan said the prosecution discovered some additional information that called into question the veracity of that juror’s statements.
Merchan said he directed the juror to be here at 9:15 but the juror is still not present.
Before jurors were brought in, prosecutors said former president Donald Trump had violated the judge’s gag order “seven more times” in recent days by repeatedly highlighting articles and tweets disparaging witness Michael Cohen’s credibility and that of the jurors selected on the second day of the trial.