Todd Blanche, the lead attorney representing Trump in the case, said that jurors should not be asked whether they believe the 2020 election — which Trump lost to now-President Joe Biden — was "stolen."
Ahead of the 2016 election, Trump sought to keep Daniels — an adult film actor whose real name is Stephanie Clifford — quiet about an affair she says she had with him.
It will also be the first time a former president has ever sat for a criminal trial.
Blanche asked Merchan to take a fresh look at the questions jurors should be asked.
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