Covering the Trump Hush Money Trial - Day One
The first of this week's series of courtroom sketches.
I received an early morning call from the Daily Brooklyn Bugler to jump on the first plane to New York so that I could rush in to sketch Donald Trump’s Stormy Daniels Hush Money trial.
I arrived just in the nick of time right after lunch to catch the beginning of juror selection.
In case you didn’t hear, the Donald insisted that he be allowed to sit in as close as possible on every sidebar and conversation that his lawyers had with the judge and the jury.
While I’m sure you may have heard that Trump nodded off for a brief nap during the opening proceedings, you probably didn’t hear about the following two standout moments from the trail.
First, when his lawyers began their questioning of jurors, Donald decided it was the “most perfect” time to deal with a toenail that’s been giving him trouble all week.
Next, his lawyers started to get into more detailed questioning with jurors. Unfortunately, Donny misheard his lawyer when they asked for a “sidebar.”
He thought they said “salad bar,” and since Trump never eats greens, he opted to use this opportunity to satiate his Big Mac cravings.
Ironically, Fox News called this a “Genius Legal Maneuver” and questioned as to why Trump was wasting his money on lawyers.
The trial continues tomorrow with more jury selection, which might take a while since many potential jurors sought extensive psychiatric care after today.
But never fear! I’ll be right there hanging from the rafters and covering this brouhaha with my trusty pencil! Yowza!
DAY TWO UPDATE
Trump starts day two of jury selection by insisting that his lawyers pick jurors based on how many “Hubba Hubbas” he gives for each juror.
He says that he wants “The Most Perfect, Most Beautiful Jury that this country has ever seen!”
After Lunch Donald was getting post-burger drowsy, and combined with his general boredom of the proceedings, he decided it was nap time.
While this dismayed his lawyers, they still welcomed the momentary relief from his idiocy.
At the end of the second day, Trump gives the thumbs up on the initial selection of jurors.
He particularly likes juror number three, but can’t quite narrow down why.
Read my coverage of day 3 of the trial:
As the trial progresses look forward to more of of this insanity in future posts.
Cheers!
Ed
If anyone else behaved as he does, they'd be carted away in a buckled jacket, never to be heard of again. Why oh why does that not happen with him?
Ha! It's like I was right there with you in the courtroom!