Over 6.5 Million People Watched This Dismissed Juror Share Their Hilarious First Reaction To Seeing Trump In The Courtroom: "He Looked Less Orange"

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April 22, 2024 at 4:29 p.m.·2 min read

Over 6.5 Million People Watched This Dismissed Juror Share Their Hilarious First Reaction To Seeing Trump In The Courtroom: "He Looked Less Orange"

Following a search for citizens who can remain impartial during court proceedings, 12 jurors have finally been selected to decide on former president Donald Trump's historic hush money trial.

For those who need a recap: Charges brought against Trump — of which there are 34 counts of falsifying business records — relate to a $130,000 payment that Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen made to Stormy Daniels to allegedly "silence claims [Trump] had an extramarital affair with adult film star Stormy Daniels," HuffPost reports. For his part, Trump has denied the affair, and he claims prosecutors are politically motivated.

Donald Trump seated with a notepad inside a courtroom, flanked by two men — Yuki Iwamura / POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Opening statements kicked off this morning, and as the judge, lawyers, Trump, and witnesses filed into the courtroom, clips of dismissed jurors started going viral.

A closeup of Donald Trump walking — Brendan Mcdermid / POOL/AFP via Getty Images

One video making the rounds came from an MSNBC reporter who asked a dismissed juror about the moment they realized they had potentially been called to sit in on Trump's trial, as well as their experience with the selection process.

Woman in profile wearing a black dress, text overlay reads

MSNBC / Via tiktok.com

The dismissed juror shared: "We were here on Tuesday from 9 a.m., but we realized that it's about this case at 4 p.m. We went into the courtroom, and we saw Donald Trump. I was shocked."

"I was sitting [in the] second row, six feet away. And when I realized that Trump is there, I was like, 'Oh wow.' I couldn't believe it... Everybody was shocked. Everybody was frozen."

The dismissed juror speaking to MSNBC OUTSIDE

MSNBC / Via tiktok.com

The reporter went on to ask what their impression of Trump was, and the first thing out of the dismissed juror's mouth is...

The dismissed juror is wearing a puffy jacket as they gesture during the interview

The dismissed juror says everyone gasped when they realized what the trial was about

MSNBC / Via tiktok.com

..."He looked less orange."

"He doesn't look angry," they continued. "I think he looks bored. Like, he wants this to finish and go do his stuff."

Ironically, they may be on to something with that "bored" comment, because several reporters in the courtroom shared that Trump appeared to nod off several times.

he just like me fr fr pic.twitter.com/7YabEJm7xs
— David Mack (@davidmackau) April 15, 2024

Twitter: @davidmackau

Regardless, this was the dismissed juror's first time ever being called for jury duty because they said they became a citizen less than a year ago. And what a trial to be called for!

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