NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump Jr. reported for jury duty in Manhattan — but didn’t get picked for a case.
The Daily News says Trump was among the prospective jurors for an attempted robbery case on Wednesday.
Secret Service agents and court officers escorted Trump — looking preppy-casual in tan corduroy pants and a grey sweater. He bantered with other prospective jurors and had lunch at a neighborhood restaurant.
State Supreme Court Justice Michael Obus — asking Trump for biographical information — quipped: “Dare I ask what kind of work you’re doing these days?”
The Republican president’s eldest son laughed and replied: “You can probably read about it — mostly real estate.”
He and his brother Eric have been running the Trump Organization, the family’s real estate business, during their father’s presidency.
Was he the defendant?
Twelve Juniors and you’d have a jury of the defendant’s peers.
Will the defendant consider the full jury pool tainted or improved by its proximity to corruption?
He was probably dismissed when he failed to see robbery as a crime and not simply a business deal in the making.
Was it ordinary robbery or highway robbery? You could see why they wouldn’t want him on the jury in the latter.