The New York Times senior political correspondent, who attended the hearing in Manhattan about Trump’s criminal hush money trial, told’s Kaitlan Collins the former president was initially “more subdued” than he had been during his recent defamation and fraud civil trials, “where he was constantly scowling, shaking his head.
Trump reportedly became more visibly irate as it appeared increasingly likely that he would not get the ruling he wanted.“This went on and on and on for a while, and Trump was just staring at his lead lawyer as this was going on,” Haberman said, noting that it was her understanding that “Trump was directing his ire toward Merchan, not his lawyer.”
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