On trial, Trump is a shadow of the superhero his supporters crave
by The Guardian
The Guardian— He wants his devotees to see the court case as trial by combat, with him as warrior. But the truth is more patheticSign up for Trump on Trial: a free newsletter on all the latest court developmentsDonald Trump is already in jail. He is pressed into confinement every weekday, except Wednesdays, beginning bright and early, no excuses, at 9.30 in the morning, in the dreary courtroom in Manhattan, where his impulse to mouth off wearies and worries his lawyers, and he must listen, for the first time...
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Houston Chronicle—Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton supports Trump at trial. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is in New York with Donald Trump at the former president's criminal trial, saying he will sit through the proceedings he called a "sham." “This trial is a travesty of justice,” Paxton wrote on social media. “I stand with Trump.” READ MORE: Judge holds Trump in contempt, fines him $9,000 and raises threat of jail in hush money trial Paxton did not make clear whether he is in New York for official state business or simply to attend the trial with Trump, with whom...
The Independent—Trump cuts a lonely figure at trial as family and supporters stay home. In stark contrast to the Trump who mugs for camera crews outside the doors, in court the former president appears isolated and small, Oliver O’Connell and Alex Woodward write