New York Times senior political correspondent Maggie Haberman said Donald Trump appeared to fall asleep during Day One of his New York criminal trial Monday.
Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records as part of a hush money scheme to bury stories that he feared could hurt his presidential campaign in 2016. He is the first former president to ever stand trial on criminal charges.
“He appeared to be asleep and, you know, repeatedly his head would fall down,” Haberman told Jake Tapper in a mid-day hit on CNN.
“There have been other moments in other trials, like the E. Jean Carroll trial, which was around the corner in January, where he appeared very still and seemed as if he might be sleeping, but then he would move,” Haberman continued. “This time, he didn’t pay attention to a note that his lawyer, Todd Blanche, passed him. His jaw kept falling on his chest and his mouth kept going slack.”
“Now, you know, sometimes people do fall asleep during court proceedings, but it’s notable given the intensity of this morning and a lot of what was being argued,” she added.
