A man has set himself on fire outside the courthouse in New York where former US President Donald Trump is on trial, according to US media reports.

The man was in the designated protest area outside the courthouse, Sky News’ US partner network NBC reports.

It comes after jury selection for Trump’s hush money trial concluded with 12 people, and six alternatives, chosen to decide whether the former US president covered up payments to women who alleged they had affairs with him.

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