Trump trial sketch artists catch the former president's many courtroom moods: sleepy, grumpy, and — less often — happy
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Natalie Musumeci
Apr 19, 2024, 03:04 IST
In this courtroom sketch former President Donald Trump enters the courtroom with his attorney Todd Blanche at the beginning of his hush-money trial.Jane Rosenberg/Pool Photo via AP
Donald Trump's hush-money criminal trial opened April 15 in a Lower Manhattan courtroom.
Courtroom sketch artists have captured the former president's many moods during the trial.
Prosecutors allege that Trump lied on the documents to cover up hush-money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Trump has pleaded not guilty.
At times he was sleepy, with his eyes closed for minutes at a time. More often he was caught with a scowl. Occasionally, he flashed a smile.
Here are some of those sketches:
On day one of his trial, Trump took the opportunity to smile at the pool of prospective jurors
Before Trump headed into the courtroom for the opening of the trial, he slammed the case against him as "political persecution"
Trump's hush-money trial is expected to last for six weeks and he's complained that it's preventing him from hitting the campaign trail
And it'll be a long six weeks — reporters in the courtroom noted that Trump appeared to doze off, at times, during the slogging process of jury selection
Trump was highly alert when New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan chastised him on April 16, warning him against intimidating potential jurors
"He was gesturing and muttering something…He was speaking in the direction of the juror. I will not tolerate that," Merchan told Trump's lead lawyer, Todd Blanche
At times, Trump had to sit by and listen as his attorneys complained about anti-Trump social media posts made by juror prospects
By April 18, two of the seven jurors that had been empaneled in the trial were dismissed
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