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Donald Trump returns to court for day three of the historic Manhattan hush money trial.

The court will restart the questioning of hundreds of prospective jurors to try and fill the final five spots on the panel of 12. 

The court also needs six alternatives who need to be ready as early as Monday for opening statements.

The former president has denied 34 charges of falsifying business records to hide a $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels to cover up a affair he has denied.

Follow DailyMail.com's minute-by-minute coverage from our reporters in the courtroom. 

Welcome to DailyMail.com's coverage of day three of Donald Trump's hush money trial: Here is where we stand with jury selection

Donald Trump will return to court in New York on Thursday morning for the third day of his hush money trial.

Prospective jurors will be brought into the court to be asked 42 questions in the process to take the final five spots on the panel.

The court also needs six alternatives who need to be ready as early as Monday for opening statements.

Seven Manhattan residents have so far been selected to decide to decide if the first former president in history to stand trial will be found guilty or not guilty of falsifying business records.

He has denied trying to hide a $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet about an alleged an affair before the 2016 election.

The court has moved quicker than expected in selecting the panel, with the judge stopping any further delaying tactics from either side.

Here are the seven jurors who have been selected so far. They include a corporate lawyer, a teacher and man who called the ex-president 'fascinating'.

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The Manhattan judge overseeing the hush money trial has not yet made his decision, but the Trump campaign already believes the possibility of preventing the former president from attending his son's high-school

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