Donald Trump started his day with several posts on Truth Social lambasting all the different people he accuses of unfairly persecuting him. The former president, however, appeared less energetic as a criminal trial began in Manhattan, drifting in and out of consciousness inside the courtroom, The New York Times reported.
“Well, Jake, he seemed asleep,” the Times’ Maggier Haberman said in an interview Monday afternoon with CNN’s Jake Tapper. “His head was falling regularly,” Haberman continued. “He didn’t pay attention to a note that this lawyer, Todd Blance, had passed to him. His jaw kept dropping to his chest and his mouth became slack.”
“Sometimes people fall asleep during court proceedings, but that’s remarkable, given the intensity of this morning,” Haberman added.
At other times, Trump was more animated, whispering to his legal team and reacting to the proceedings with dismissive expressions. When Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over Trump’s secret trial, warned Trump that he could be thrown in prison for disrupting the trial, the Republican nominee indicated he understood.
This isn’t the first time Trump has dozed off during a trial, Haberman told Tapper. “There were other times in other trials like in the E. Jean Carroll trial, which happened in January, where he seemed very still and seemed to be sleeping, but then he would move,” he said. she declared.
New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg indicted Trump on 34 counts in connection with falsifying business records to conceal $130,000 in hush money paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, a payment made to buy his silence before the 2016 election. Several issues are being addressed as the trial begins, including routine procedures such as jury selection, as well as whether or not Trump should be punished for violating an order of silence with his angry posts on Truth Social.
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