From CNN's Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell in the courthouse
A second juror who was empaneled yesterday has been excused. That means we're now down to five people on the jury.
Earlier today, prosecutor Joshua Steinglass said he notified the court that in the prosecution's research, they found information about this juror that called into question the veracity of the answers he gave during voir dire.
Prosecutors said they found records of a person with the same name who was arrested in the 1990s for tearing down political advertisements.
Court has resumed, with Judge Juan Merchan on the bench.
Donald Trump is back in the room.
The judge is engaged in conversation with the lawyers.
Former President Donald Trump stood waiting to go out of the courtroom for about a minute before exiting. He gave a smirk to reporters in the room as he walked out.
An empaneled juror who was supposed to come in this morning is walking to the courtroom.
Judge Juan Merchan says that the juror thought he was supposed to come on Friday. Merchan is huddling with the juror and the attorneys while former President Donald Trump remains seated at the defendant's table.
The juror was speaking a few feet behind him and has now left the courtroom.
Earlier today, prosecutor Joshua Steinglass said he notified the court that in the prosecution's research, they found information about this juror that called into question the veracity of the answers he gave during voir dire.
Prosecutors said they found records of a person with the same name who was arrested in the 1990s for tearing down political advertisements.
We're down to six empaneled jurors in former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial, and another batch of potential members is currently under consideration.
Here are some of the key developments so far today:
Court is now in a 15-minute break.
Former President Donald Trump appears engrossed with potential jurors seated in the jury box as they give their answers to the questionnaire, according to reporters in the courtroom.
He is leaning way back in his chair as he cranes his head to get a good view of them as they speak.
— From pool reports
From CNN's Antoinette Radford
Legal analyst Jennifer Rodgers has told CNN the events of Thursday morning's juror selection, during which one woman was excused because she said she had been identified by friends, family and colleagues was “very unusual."
Speaking to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Rodgers said jury selection was “going backward." We had 7 jurors as of first thing this morning, now we have 6 and maybe even five because one of the jurors didn’t turn up," she said.
"So, we’re heading in the wrong direction in terms of getting this jury complete.”
From CNN's Maureen Chowdhury
The jury selection process in the hush money trial against Donald Trump is proving to be difficult, as Judge Juan Merchan, prosecutors and Trump attorneys question a new panel of people.
CNN's Kara Scannell explains what happens once 18 jurors are in the box.
"They're going to build out the little profiles for the first 18 jurors in the box. Once they see 18, meaning they've gone through the questionnaire and they don't believe any need to be excused" the attorneys will have their chance to find out more about the jurors.
The prosecution and Trump's lawyers will each have 30 minutes to question the panel of jurors.
Scannell noted that what we've seen during this part of the jury selection process is that the prosecution is trying to get to the actual issue in the case by asking questions like can the jurors believe someone who has previously lied under oath or if they can look past someone's job as an adult film actor.
Meanwhile, Trump's lawyers have been asking questions that are more geared toward how people feel about the former president. "Trying to unearth if there was a hidden bias, subconscious bias, against him," Scannell said.
Remember: Ultimately, 12 New Yorkers and likely six alternates will need to be selected.