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I hope one of the TFT lawyers will explain how grand jury selection works.
For a regular ("petit"?) jury, both sides (and the judge?) have the right to exclude a juror. (How will that work when Trump is tried? If Trump lovers and Trump haters are all excluded, will only very ignorant and apathetic Americans be allowed to serve on the jury?)
But the "defense" doesn't participate in grand jury selection. The jury selection starts with the same random pool as for petit juries, right? How do you find people able to commit to 6 months anyway? Is service mandatory? What's the stipend? Can the prosecutor exclude potential jurors?
Federal law requires that a grand jury be selected at random from a fair cross section of the community in the district or division in which the federal grand jury convenes. ... Those persons whose names have been drawn and who are not exempt or excused from service are summoned to appear for duty as grand jurors.
https://www.ndd.uscourts.gov/jury/jury_handbook_grand_jurors.pdf