Trump takes a detour off the trail, reports for jury duty

The Republican presidential candidate reported for jury duty in Manhattan on Monday and spent much of the day like everyone else, filling out forms and wondering whether he would get picked.

Trump had high praise for the public servants at the courthouse, saying: The people in the court system are really professional.

The businessman's limo arrived in the morning at the foot of the courthouse steps familiar to viewers of TV's "Law & Order," and he was met by a throng of camera crews, reporters and onlookers.

After filing through security, Trump was escorted to a front-row seat in a juror waiting room to fill out a questionnaire about biographical basics, hobbies, experiences with crime and the courts and occupation.

Jury assembly supervisor Irene Laracuenta told the prospective jurors that celebrities are entitled to the same privacy — and face the same selection process — as anyone else.

During the afternoon session, Trump held court with a group of reporters in the back of the jury assembly room in what can only be described as a hang-out session, offering them Tic Tacs and showing off the single key he carries in his pocket — to his home.