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Trump lawyers seek info on potential jurors for Trump University trial

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And the civil trial plods on against Donald Trump for scamming American citizens by claiming his "hand picked" instructors would teach them his knowledge. His lawyers are now using what looks like delaying tactics, appearing rather eager to prevent the trial from starting until after he is sworn in. How is that any more advantageous to him then than now?

Lawyers for President-elect Donald Trump want more information on how a pool of 100 potential jurors were chosen for the class-action Trump University fraud trial scheduled to begin this month in San Diego.

In a motion filed Wednesday in federal court, Trump’s lawyers said they wanted to know the process under which the jurors were summoned, any questionnaires used to screen jurors, who did the screening, and any information about the name and nature of the case that jurors were told, among other items.
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They cited a federal law saying parties in a civil suit are entitled to a jury that is a fair cross-section of the community. They also noted that a party in a case can stay — or halt — the trial before jury selection begins if the court “has substantially failed to comply with this mandate.”

The move might be another attempt to delay the start of the trial. In September, Trump’s lawyers had asked for it to be postponed, and Curiel rejected the request. In a motion filed Saturday night, they renewed that request and asked for a delay until after Trump is sworn in as president Jan. 20.
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Trump lawyers seek info on potential jurors for Trump University trial - The San Diego Union-Tribune
 
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