The trial of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby features the most powerful people on Earth, an inside look at the White House and official arguments over the lead-up to the Iraq War, but the fate of the vice president’s former chief of staff now will come down to 12 average Washingtonians.

In the first day of jury selection Tuesday, nine D.C. residents were called to the stand in U.S. District Court of D.C. They included a Watergate Hotel janitor, a consumer protection lawyer, an insurance consultant, a lobbyist and an opera soprano. They ranged from their mid-20s and a few years removed from college to baby boomers in the twilight of their careers who’ve sat on jury duty before. They were white, black and Hispanic, and most were women.