Opinion: Trump might have dozed off in court. Here’s how that could come back to bite him
by CNN
CNN— Courtrooms don’t lend themselves to keeping people awake. They are notoriously quiet places where people are required to remain seated almost all of the time. The air is often stagnant and the ever-so-distracting handheld devices that are our lifelines to (and barrier from) the world around us are strictly forbidden. That’s the kind of environment in which Donald Trump, a defendant in a criminal courtroom in Manhattan (who also happens to be the 45th President of the United States) appeared to...
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