![Trump news: 1st day of hush-money trial ends with no jurors being picked [Video]](https://canadanewsvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mp_501135_0_donaldtrumponfirstdayincourt168480151713217971339jpg.jpg)
NEW YORK –
The historic hush-money trial of Donald Trump got underway Monday with the arduous process of selecting a jury to hear the case charging the former U.S. president with falsifying business records in order to stifle stories about his sex life.
The day ended without any jurors being seated. The selection process was scheduled to resume Tuesday.
The first criminal trial of any former U.S. president began as Trump vies to reclaim the White House, creating a remarkable split-screen spectacle of the presumptive Republican nominee spending his days as a criminal defendant while simultaneously campaigning for office. He’s blended those roles over the last year by presenting himself to supporters, on the campaign trail and on social media, as a target of politically motivated prosecutions designed to derail his candidacy.
“It’s a scam. It’s a political witch hunt. It continues, and it continues forever,” Trump said after exiting the courtroom, where …
![Fire and smoke: Air quality alerts issued in Western Canada [Video]](https://canadanewsvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mp_530767_0_wildfiremapmay144pm168868141715718167428png.png)
![Canadian wildfires forcing thousands to evacuate [Video]](https://canadanewsvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mp_530467_0_0jpg.jpg)
![Tim Hortons announces plans for NC location WSOC TV [Video]](https://canadanewsvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mp_528020_0_6EWRJBR3HRE45HAL7WSLFYF62Qjpeg.jpg)
![Schools turn to artificial intelligence to spot guns [Video]](https://canadanewsvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mp_528563_0_zeroeyes168841441715546152408jpg.jpg)
