Donald Trump's attorney Todd Blanche had to wake up the former president in the courtroom on Wednesday. "Todd Blanche appeared to gently shake Trump awake, nudging his shoulder, as the six alternates filed out of the courtroom, and he was the only person still sitting down," court reporter (formerly ). She added that she was not looking at Trump when the jurors in the Manhattan hush money trial walked out a minute or so before he had to be awakened.
Todd Blanche appeared to gently shake Trump awake, nudging his shoulder, as the six alternates filed out of the courtroom, and he was the only person still sitting down. (I didn't have eyes on him as jurors walked out a minute or so before) Multiple courtroom reporters have said Trump has during the criminal trial. of said early in the trial that Trump's head "kept dropping down and his mouth goes slack.
" But the former president has , saying on Truth Social in one instance: "I simply close my beautiful blue eyes, sometimes, listen intensely, and take it ALL in!!!" The case is now in the hands of the 12-person jury, which began late Wednesday morning to deliberate the 34 felony charges against the presumptive GOP presidential nominee. The case brought by Manhattan District Attorney accuses Trump of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment made to adult film actress during his 2016 presidential campaign. Prosecutors say the payment was made to prevent her from coming forward about a sexual encounter she had with.