new york times (new york times) Reporter Maggie Haberman claimed that former President Donald Trump appeared to have “dozed off” during the start of his hush money criminal trial in Manhattan.
in article What Haberman wrote in it: new york timesAs jury selection begins for the trial centered on allegations that the former president paid hush money to adult entertainment star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign, President Trump said he is “repeatedly frustrated and tired.” It was praised.
Haberman writes:
Even as the justices listened to arguments on a last-minute issue in a criminal case that centered around salacious charges and threatened to upend his presidential bid, Mr. Trump remained slack-jawed and bowed his head, nodding several times. It looked like he was on his chest.
Trump during trial: falls asleep, grins at others, irritated that Judge Marchand didn’t immediately agree to let him skip court for his son’s graduation https://t.co/edVrfm3oY3
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 15, 2024
Haberman added that Trump’s lawyer, Todd Blanche, “gave the note to the former president for several minutes” before Trump “appeared to wake up and notice the note.”
Haberman goes on to write:
At times, Trump’s emotions were characteristically on display. When the judge in the case, Juan M. Marchan, didn’t immediately agree that he could miss the courtroom to attend his youngest son, Barron’s graduation, he grinned and scoffed. , seemed irritated.
In April 2023, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg indicted Trump on 34 counts of first-degree falsification of business records related to payments to Daniels. Trump denies all charges, but if he is convicted he could face prison time.
As jury selection for the trial begins Monday, Trump’s lawyers ask that the former president be allowed to miss the May 17 trial to attend his son’s Barron’s High School graduation. did.
New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Marchand granted the request but did not issue a ruling.
“It depends on whether we get there on time and what stage of the trial we are at,” Marchan said. Saidaccording to business insider.
Marchand also scheduled a hearing to hear prosecutors in Bragg’s office argue that some of Trump’s social media posts violated the gag order and should be punished. was set on April 23rd.
Assistant District Attorney Chris Conroy imposed a $1,000 fine on President Trump for each of three social media posts that allegedly violated the gag order, and ordered him to be fined if he continues to violate the gag order. He suggested that they be reminded that they could be sentenced to prison.
