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 Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyThe jurors haven't even been selected yet. The trial really hasn't even started. But as Donald Trump's first day in criminal court wrapped up on Monday, the former president already seemed to be losing.
New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan displayed little patience for, as he insisted on calling him, "Mr. Trump." That the judge is already over the former president's antics is abundantly clear. And as Trump's lawyers repeatedly tried to push the bounds of the trial's restrictions, it became increasingly evident that the judge isn't going to extend the former president the latitude he seeks—and is accustomed to expecting—for a trial that could extend past two months.
No, Trump can't skip court to attend his historic showdown at the Supreme Court next week.
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 Jabin Botsford-Pool/Getty ImagesThe Trump campaign furiously denied suggestions that he had fallen asleep during the first day of his historic criminal trial—calling the suggestion "fake news" while claiming falsely that the reporters who noted his sleepy courtroom demeanor weren't even in the same room when it happened.
"This is 100% Fake News coming from ‘journalists' who weren't even in the court room," the Trump campaign said in a statement Monday shortly after proceedings concluded.
The New York Times first reported that the former president, 77, seemed equal parts "irritated and exhausted" by Monday's proceedings, with veteran Trumpworld reporter Maggie Haberman writing that just before Judge Juan Merchan called a lunch break "Mr. Trump appeared to nod off a few times, his mouth going slack and his head drooping onto his chest."
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