Court is expected to resume at 3:15 pm, as was the plan prior to the lunch recess.

The Clerk has now sworn-in the alternates. They will return with the other 12 jurors on Monday morning.

The jury will work through lunch on Monday and Tuesday and will be excused at 2 pm on those days.

JUST IN: We have SIX alternates.

We have a jury now.

NEWER UPDATE: We have FOUR alternate jurors.

UPDATE: We have Alternate #2 now.

➡️ One juror, when asked about her views on Trump, tells Susan Necheles (one of Trump’s lawyers) that “[Trump’s] rhetoric, at times, causes people to feel enabled…”

She notes: “There were homophobic comments made, or different racist comments made, and they would kind of cite…

We’ve got a few prospective jurors that have announced during voir dire that they’re too anxious to sit on this jury. A few have actually broken down in tears.