Ex-president rails against $250m lawsuit as politically motivated, but few of his supporters seem to be in the vicinity
Former US president Donald Trump arrives for his civil fraud trial at New York state supreme court on Monday. Photograph: Adam Gray/Getty Images“Invoke the 14″, they chant as car horns blare behind them. Police quickly move them behind barriers at the pavement.
One of the anti-Trump protesters, Jamie Bauer, says this is the fifth time her group has been to the court in Lower Manhattan during the current proceedings. Speaking outside the courthouse, James says she is “certain” Trump will engage in insults before taking the stand, “but at the end of the day, the only thing that matters are the facts and the numbers”.
The media contingent outnumbers the members of the public who have turned up. However, there was a larger media presence for his first criminal arraignment which took place in a court just down the street last April.
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