Drawing The Final Hours at the Trump Trial

The people rest

The people rest.

The defense rests.

The first criminal trial of a former president has come close to a conclusion today. The attorneys for both sides will present their closing arguments next week and then the judge will charge the jury. They will then deliberate.

I decided to go down this morning, even thought I knew it might be only for a few hours. Yesterday, the judge had asked both sides how much time they needed to finish questioning Robert Costello and they indicated not much time. But I thought, you never know. The defense could potentially change its mind and bring someone else, or who knows, even Trump might decide to testify. It was unlikely, but a possibility.

So this morning while on line, I drew this woman who is there every day. She gathers the trash that has accumlated in the night from the line-sitters.

The policeman who is charged with keeping us in line, so to speak, walked by numerous times. His gate is urgent. There was a person sitting cross-legged on the ground slumped over. He actually asked the onlooker (also a line sitter, I think), this question:

I spotted this man an hour later. A study in sophisticated simplicity.

And these ladies in front of me had a wonderful time talking for the three hours. When the line started moving, all but one of them left. Not sure why.

As usual, we finally were let into the building and got into the spill-over room. I drew this police officer, who was the one who always shouted instructions to the room. Such as, “Members of the public, no electronics!” (press is allowed electronics, as you can see) “ There is no eating or drinking on this floor — if you want to eat or…