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Trump reports for jury duty in black limo

Trump confronted a typical August day in the city courts: a slow-moving security line, faltering air-conditioning and a crowded room of prospective jurors.

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The billionaire developer paused outside the courthouse about 9 a.m.to tell the media gaggle he considered it his “duty” and that he was “happy to do it”, the New York Post reported.

Michael Cohen, an executive vice president and special counsel to the Trump Organization, said if Trump had received the prior notices he would have complied.

The Republican presidential front-runner who was hosting helicopter rides at the Iowa State Fair over the weekend said he was happy to take a campaign break to perform his civic duty. If Mr. Trump doesn’t get picked for a jury Monday, he is likely to be sent home, court officials said.

King has introduced a bill in Congress to end birthright citizenship, a proposal Trump outlined in his policy paper on Sunday.

In an interview on Monday, Walker, in a response to a question from MSNBC, said that he supported ending birthright citizenship. Tripling the force of immigration officers by eliminating tax credit payments to immigrant families residing illegally in the U.S. “Nobody knows what happened to the document”. “He’s steak and potatoes, just like the rest of us“, Diaz said.

He proposes to make Mexico pay for a permanent border wall as well as mandatory deportation of all “criminal aliens”.

Other estimates about the number of illegal immigrants in the U.S> have been closer to 12 million, bringing that number up to $150 billion – and that’s not even considering the possibility that the 2011 cost to deport a single person has gone up over four years. The flamboyant bussinessman now leads opinion polls in the race for his party’s presidential nomination, and it was a true Trump scene outside the New York courthouse.

Leaving the court at the end of the day, Trump said: “It was an unbelievable time“. In the 2012 election, Barack Obama won 71 percent of the Latino vote, a score that was key to his reelection and was widely attributed to the Republican Party’s hostile rhetoric on immigration.

According to Dane, Walker made a “fundamental error” when crafting his position on immigration that has facilitated Trump’s ability to secure such widespread support.

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One potential fellow juror doubts The Donald will ever get a chance to find out: “I don’t see [what’s] the point of calling [Trump] in; they’re never going to select him“.

Donald Trump Reports For Jury Duty In Manhattan