John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse

All of a sudden, her husband, who is a, uh, some sort of diversity or empowerment, uh, coordinator, I think is what his title is, they've become extremely wealthy since 2018.

And you're even seeing The Boston Globe that has questioned the fact, why are we spending $2 billion on a courthouse out in Springfield? I mean, the Moakley Courthouse, I believe that was built in the early 2000s.

That didn't cost a half a billion dollars, let alone two billion And at some point, you know, the chickens have to come home to roost.

And I really pray to God the Republicans can maintain the House and the Senate because we are at a crossroads in this country.

Okay, sorry about that guys.

Um, let's get to Grant's tweets from inside the Moakley Courthouse.

Um, okay.

Grant says, "There were 40 members of the public allowed into the courtroom for opening.

And the story behind that first word on that certificate, that's precisely why it took more than five long years for this case to reach a jury.

A jury selection kicked off on October sixth at the Moakley County Courthouse in, uh, the Moakley Courthouse, rather, not county, Moakley Courthouse in Boston.

Chief Judge Denise Carpert-- Carpenter, or Casper, rather, told four hundred and eleven prospective jurors that this trial will run roughly five weeks with zero cameras in the room.

Twelve jurors and four alternates will be tasked with untangling two radically different narratives covering the exact same twenty-nine minutes.

Federal prosecutors allege that he killed Birchmore to prevent her from exposing his longstanding sexual exploitation of her while on duty.

Jury selection is set to get underway tomorrow at the Moakley Courthouse in South Boston.

Now, since this is federal court, there will be no cameras allowed inside the courtroom.

Judge Denise Kasper will be presiding over the case.