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The full jury has been selected for the hush money trial of former President Donald Trump.
Five more alternate jurors have been seated in the case.
There are now a total of 12 jurors plus a full pool of six alternates.
Opening Statements will take place on Monday after Judge Juan Merchan rejected another attempt by the Trump legal team to delay the case.
Meantime, as jury selection was wrapping up, a man set himself on fire in the protest area outside of the courthouse. That man was rushed to the hospital, where he later died. .
Earlier in the day, a potential juror who said she had connections to both former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Donald Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen has been excused.
Cohen is expected to testify as a witness against Trump. The payments he made to former pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels in 2016 are the basis of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's indictment, which alleges Trump falsified business records to cover up payments to keep Daniels quiet about their previous sexual affair ahead of the 2016 election. Trump has pleaded not guilty and denied the affair took place.