Trump reports for New York jury duty, takes campaign break

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump took a break Monday from courting voters to go to court as a potential juror.Trump shook hands and fist-bumped bystanders as he reported for jury duty at a Manhattan court, arriving in a limousine. “The wall will work,” he declared Monday when a passer-by at the courthouse asked about an element of his immigration platform: making Mexico pay for a permanent border wall.Surrounded by a crush of cameras and reporters as he walked up the courthouse steps, Trump waited in a security line before going to the jury room, where a murmur arose from the roughly 75 potential jurors gathered when he entered and an officer shook his hand.

No one - no one - gets special treatment.

Jury assembly supervisor Irene Laracuenta

If Trump isn’t picked for a jury by the end of Monday, he’s exempt from jury duty for the next six years. Jurors who do get chosen are told to expect to sit for at least one week, but trials can last for months.The GOP front-runner said last week he was “looking forward to appearing” for jury duty.

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