How social media and memes play a role in Trump jury selection

As jury selection continues this week in the New York criminal hush money trial against Donald Trump, the former president’s attorneys are keeping a close eye on social media posts, and the memes, prospective jurors have posted to their feeds.

On Tuesday, the defense team sifted through the social media accounts of prospective jurors and their spouses, arguing that any negative posts about their client marked a clear showing of bias that should result in their disqualification. What they uncovered was a rabbit hole of old Facebook jokes and pre-2020s memes about the former president.