Former Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker on Newsmax on Wednesday was questioned if "there may be some sleeper cells" among potential jurors in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York City over alleged attempts to conceal payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels.

On Tuesday, the first seven jurors were seated in the trial in which he is accused of falsifying business records to conceal a $130,000 payment to Daniels. Those seven jurors include an attorney and a civil litigator, which Whitaker told "American Agenda" could be "helpful" for their fellow jurors.

Whitaker said, "Typically when you're trying a case, a rule of thumb is you don't want lawyers on a jury because they are too experienced," and "they know too much maybe [about] this case and how bogus the legal theories are. Those lawyers might add some helpful analysis for their fellow jurors."