Trump makes his way to court with his loyal aide Margo Martin, 28, and demands the 'unfair' gag order is removed so he is 'allowed to speak' ahead of day four of the historic hush money trial

Donald Trump was joined by loyal aide Margo Martin on Friday as he made his way to court for the fourth day of his historic hush money trial and demanded that the 'unfair' gag order be lifted.

The former president stepped out of Trump Tower with his communications staffer and got into a motorcade in preparation for the last part of the gruelling jury selection process.

The full panel of 12 that will decide his fate has already been chosen, but the court needs six alternates in case someone drops out.

The 77-year-old then sat in the courtroom as one woman was dismissed as an alternative after admitting she has 'really bad anxiety' that could stop her being impartial.

He also looked up when one man being considered as an alternate looked up when he admitted he volunteered for Hillary Clinton's campaign. 

In what has become a routine for Trump, he gave a fist bump to the waiting crowd of fans and photographers as he walked across the sidewalk to a waiting SUV. Martin meanwhile was looking at her phone.

Trump demanded that the gag order 'come off' as he arrived in court on Friday morning, after prosecutors urged to hold him in contempt over social media posts.  

Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower and heads to court for the fourth day of his historic hush money trial

He was joined by loyal aide Margo Martin in the motorcade as he prepared for the selection of jury alternates 

'The gag order has to come off. People are allowed to speak about me and I have a gag order. Just to show you how much more unfair it is,' he told reporters.

'And the conflict has to end with the judge. 

'The judge has a conflict, the worst I've ever seen. And it has to end with the judge. The gag order has to come off. I should be allowed to speak. 

'Every time I come out to speak to you I want to be open because we did absolutely nothing wrong.'

'I showed you yesterday 30 stories, 32 stories of legal experts. I don’t have one the other way. Thirty-two stories of legal experts saying very strongly there's no case, this case should never have been brought, Trump did nothing wrong 

On Thursday night he left the court and tore into the 'scam' case where he is accused of hiding a $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet about their alleged affair.

He has denied 34 charges of falsifying business records, and says every legal experts thinks the allegations are a stretch. 

Following three days of legal wrangling a panel of seven men and five women has now been selected and they will assess his guilt or innocence over the coming weeks.

Moments after the last of the 12 was selected Judge Juan Merchan declared 'We have our jury' and they were ushered out of the courtroom.

On the way they passed Trump who had his elbows on the table and looked at the dozen New Yorkers who will rule over his future.

The jurors include a corporate lawyer, an investment banker, a software engineer and a teacher.

One of the female jurors called the ex-president 'selfish' as she was questioned about her opinions in court.

The jury foreman, when questioned about where he gets his news from, said Dailymail.com, among other outlets.

After the jury was picked Trump stepped outside court and vented his frustration at the trial process, wielding a thick pile of media clippings.

The former president read out some of the headlines which declared the trial was a 'spectacle and outrage' and that it showed America was a 'third world country.'

Flicking through them, he said: 'The whole world is watching this New York scam. Every single one (of the cuttings), I haven't seen one that says it is a good trial. It is political. It is a shame.

Trump gave a wave and a fist bump to the waiting crowd of fans and photographers as he walked across the sidewalk while Martin was looking at her phone

The former president, 77, stepped out of Trump Tower with his communications staffer and got into a motorcade in preparation for the last part of the gruelling jury selection process

Assistant District Attorney Joshua Steinglass talks to jurors as attorney Todd Blanche and former U.S. President Donald Trump pay close attention during Trump's criminal trial on charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in Manhattan state court in New York City, U.S. April 18, 2024 in this courtroom sketch.

'I am sitting here for days now, from morning until night, in that freezing room. Freezing in there. All for this. It is very unfair.'

Trump went on: 'I am supposed to be in New Hampshire, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, a lot of places campaigning, but I have been here all day on a trial that is really an unfair trial.

'Very bad thing. The whole world is watching. You have a D.A. out of control. You have a judge that is highly conflicted.'

He added: 'The whole thing is a mess and you have the leading candidate, Joe Biden - he is the one that should be on trial. We have a crooked president.

'He should be on trial, but he is the one in charge. His top people are here, working with the D.A.'s office to make sure everything goes right because they have no case. It really is a shame, this country is devolving into a third world country between having no orders, no justice.'

Earlier, the judge dismissed two jurors as the court struggled to assemble a panel for one of the most high-profile criminal cases in American history.

Prosecutors said one juror had not disclosed prior brushes with the law, and Judge Merchan excused him after bringing him in to the court for further questioning.

It came shortly after the judge had let go another juror, a nurse who said she felt intimidated because some of her personal information had been made public.

It highlighted the unprecedented pressures around the first criminal trial ever of a former U.S. president.

One juror to be dismissed was a grandfather and IT consultant who had previously told the court he finds Trump 'fascinating'.