{"id":298075,"date":"2024-04-15T16:03:41","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T21:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/trump-seemed-to-be-asleep-during-first-day-of-criminal-trial-reporters-say"},"modified":"2024-04-15T16:03:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T21:03:57","slug":"trump-seemed-to-be-asleep-during-first-day-of-criminal-trial-reporters-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/trump-seemed-to-be-asleep-during-first-day-of-criminal-trial-reporters-say","title":{"rendered":"Trump Appeared to Be Asleep Throughout First Day of Legal Trial, Reporters Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div readability=\"52.1840707965\">\n<section id=\"cb-474aa30dc633174f7210d2b8c686b5ee\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-d5c4e746-ddc5-4af2-b2d8-8e43a281fb85-1689551867-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-d5c4e746-ddc5-4af2-b2d8-8e43a281fb85-1689551867-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/0d\/16by9\/2024\/04\/15\/0d1819d6b41d46558a3ea9fca34eb70a_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">CNN<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-474aa30dc633174f7210d2b8c686b5ee--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-fc0079bf2b7af9b180709db9def29292\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"27.8443113772\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s first criminal trial is getting underway, and on the first day of court proceedings &#8212; he was reportedly dozing off &#8230; now, a new nickname is among us.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-fc0079bf2b7af9b180709db9def29292--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a9980dad551743f310564d72c6863c23\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>The ex-Prez showed up in court Monday in NYC, where his hush-money case kicked off &#8212; the first of his three criminal trials &#8212; and where Donald had to sit through a day full of lawyers talking about the ins and outs of how this thing is gonna go.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a9980dad551743f310564d72c6863c23--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5a0391a09124588c7350887076fced7f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240415_1cfa7dbf1bc94bda998ced1a648d40e3\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:234be6c2-ad54-4a71-a34d-33c905bbb7e9\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/1c\/4by3\/2024\/04\/15\/1cfa7dbf1bc94bda998ced1a648d40e3_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"U.S. President Donald Trump and attorney Todd Blanche\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5a0391a09124588c7350887076fced7f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ae2325e5e6b65e3a8c969c1d98347ee1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>Of course, they have to start with jury selection &#8230; and as the attorneys were going back and forth, NYT reporter <strong>Maggie Haberman<\/strong> went on CNN to claim Trump appeared to be sleeping.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ae2325e5e6b65e3a8c969c1d98347ee1--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1001c9cb080aa5c77f495b608de248b2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>During her live-blogging of what was going on inside, Haberman wrote that Trump&#8217;s head kept dropping and that his jaw seemed to go slack a few times &#8230; signs that the guy was, perhaps, catching some ZZZs. There are other reporters who say DT&#8217;s eyes were closed.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1001c9cb080aa5c77f495b608de248b2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7409a0e573e7e9de8ad27627293ffca8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-da15e8d1-224e-44be-b636-7d3a0183aef5-545148922-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-da15e8d1-224e-44be-b636-7d3a0183aef5-545148922-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/db\/16by9\/2024\/04\/15\/dbd3d770ebed4aa29985ba9bf5bc255a_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Fox News<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7409a0e573e7e9de8ad27627293ffca8--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-420660ea9abbc07113e467b37a06aed1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"26.6\">\n<p>In light of this development &#8212; which many were shocked to hear as it made its way through the media today &#8212; a moniker that&#8217;s usually assigned to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/joe-biden\/\"><strong>Joe Biden<\/strong><\/a> is applying here today.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-420660ea9abbc07113e467b37a06aed1--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-fca9b35cd72a104a6e0602b301624ac7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>Yes, we&#8217;re talking about Sleepy Don &#8230; something the internet is having a field day with. However, as he was heading into court, Trump was alert &#8230; and fired up talking to reporters. He called the trial an assault on the country &#8230; and once again claimed it was a witch hunt.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-fca9b35cd72a104a6e0602b301624ac7--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2be4482f9632a7b08df1d91321546ad0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20230415_8f278925dade4fceb1a2be73723e7da7\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:234be6c2-ad54-4a71-a34d-33c905bbb7e9\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/8f\/4by3\/2023\/04\/15\/8f278925dade4fceb1a2be73723e7da7_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"stormy daniels donald trump\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2be4482f9632a7b08df1d91321546ad0--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-00bed2bb115bd9760f6e925187d2d7ae\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28.4328358209\">\n<p>Remember, this is all over alleged hush money payments Trump and his team got to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/stormy-daniels\/\"><strong>Stormy Daniels<\/strong><\/a> to keep quiet about an affair she claims she had with him back in the 2000s. He&#8217;s facing 34 counts of falsifying business records &#8230; which is classified as a felony in NY.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-00bed2bb115bd9760f6e925187d2d7ae--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b68057002ab523ff88f398f0f339692c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28.5114503817\">\n<p>A few notable items from Monday&#8217;s court sesh so far &#8230; the transcript of the &#8220;Access Hollywood&#8221; tape will be read in court, and so will deets about another alleged affair Trump had with ex-Playboy model <strong>Karen McDougal<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/michael-cohen\/\"><strong>Michael Cohen<\/strong><\/a> is also expected to testify.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b68057002ab523ff88f398f0f339692c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-21ead553ff11a88f8788cde201f8bced\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-21ead553ff11a88f8788cde201f8bced--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0568d317af036b58579286d32999a03d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>The jury selection process is expected to take a couple weeks to get through &#8212; as thousands of Manhattanites were summoned to be part of the process as they filter through them all.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0568d317af036b58579286d32999a03d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0235ce369576b48225e99b9f111d90f0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>Trump and co. are looking for 12 jurors and 6 alternates who can be fair and impartial. DT has pleaded not guilty to all 34 counts against him.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0235ce369576b48225e99b9f111d90f0--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/04\/15\/trump-appeared-asleep-first-day-criminal-trial-new-york-hush-money\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play video content CNN Donald Trump&#8216;s first criminal trial is getting underway, and on the first day of court proceedings &#8212; he was reportedly dozing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1075,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-298075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1075"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298075\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}