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Trump’s Trial In Drawings
Day One
Here are a some drawings from my imagination about the Manhattan criminal trial on day 1. I get my visuals primarily by reading the NY Times written, in-real-time coverage.
Trump arrived this morning at court in lower Manhattan for the criminal trial charging him with election interference in 2016.
Both the NY Times and MSNBC reported that Trump nodded off during the early lawyer/judge back and forth discussions in the courtroom, before the jury selection began in the afternoon.
When asked if they could be impartial, more than half the prospective jurors, close to 50, raised their hands to indicate that they could not be impartial. The NY Times reported that Trump looked at them.
I am enjoying how the NY Times reporters that are in the courtoom are using much more descriptive language in their quick posts in real time, more colorful than they normally might in an article. One reporter described the cafeteria at lunch and the questionable bagel selections. Maggie Haberman reported this from the courtroom:
“One thing that is striking: Trump has used the previous court appearances in other cases to project an image of grandeur. That is hard to do in this dingy courtroom, which smells slightly off and where he is an island amid a sea of people.”
Here is my rendition of what she observed.
The room is most likely much larger. The NYC rat is in the corner, watching the proceedings and represents Maggie’s comments that the room smelled “slightly off.”
Kate Christobeck from the NY TImes reported that most prospective jurors answered with yes or no answers to the questionaire, but two said a little bit more. I illustrated them, not knowing at all what they look like.
The trial is over for today. Some commentators are saying that this jury selection portion of the trial could last ten days. I will dip in and out as I hear and read things that might be good to draw.
