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    Jury selection was completed Friday in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial, with six alternates now picked in addition to the 12-person regular jury. Selection got off to a slow start Monday, picked up on Tuesday with the seating of seven jurors, shrunk to five on Thursday morning but then ended the day with the full regular jury and one alternate. The completion of the jury on Friday clears the way for opening statements on Monday. After those statements, prosecutors in Manhattan District...