Sen. McCaskill picked for jury after live-tweeting selection

Sen. Claire McCaskill will be serving a different branch of government for a while — the Missouri Democrat has been selected for jury duty.

HOLY X@#*! I am on the jury. Now must go social media silent re:trial. Don't worry, I'll share after verdict.

— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) January 25, 2016

The senator had proudly showed off her juror number Monday while live-tweeting the selection process, though she doubted she would be selected:

Yep. Just reported for jury duty.On my bucket list to serve. Betting lawyers boot me…use peremptory challenge. pic.twitter.com/lebEiTiF9Y

— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) January 25, 2016

McCaskill, who has some experience in a courtroom as a former prosecutor, initially told her more than 112,000 Twitter followers that she was part of a “big juror pool” and hadn’t been questioned by a judge or attorneys.

And she made sure to heed the advice of court veterans:

As usual Callow has succinct advice. "@publiceyestl Sit near an outlet." Check. pic.twitter.com/QnfertUqZZ

— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) January 25, 2016

McCaskill also laid low during one moment in the selection process:

Hiding in corner as judge explains to large juror pool that we get paid only $10 a day. That's #moleg not DC folks.

— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) January 25, 2016

And gave details about the potential juror pool:

By rough calculation I count 2 knitters, with rest of the about 150 potential jurors divided equally between reading paper & reading screens

— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) January 25, 2016

But it wasn’t long before what may have started as an exciting adventure began to drag on for McCaskill and her peers:

This is gonna get https://t.co/AGxJhnqDyc in the room where we're waiting.Someone for the remote. Now what channel? #pleasegodnotfoxnews

— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) January 25, 2016

Are you crazy? No way I want the remote. I work for these people… https://t.co/3j8X28gLbV

— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) January 25, 2016

Boredom is settling over the room. Traffic to vending machines trending up.

— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) January 25, 2016

The 62-year-old lawmaker’s dreams of jury duty took their time coming to fruition, and for a while it had looked like she might be out of luck:

Just called the names of first panel to go to courtroom for jury selection. #notme

— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) January 25, 2016

Drumroll. Another 60 being called for another courtroom. Hoping I get picked. #feelslikejrhigh

— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) January 25, 2016

One knitter gone. But not me. Question for Twitter: are they skipping me on purpose?

— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) January 25, 2016