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Comedy CentralDonald Trump was in court on Monday for a pretty momentous occasion: Day one of his criminal hush-money trial—and Jon Stewart could not contain his excitement.
"After years of anticipation, the first criminal trial of a former president has begun," shared The Daily Show host on Monday, "and by all accounts it is absolutely riveting." So riveting, in fact, that the former president allegedly fell asleep.
Stewart shared a clip of The New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman sharing this juicy tidbit with CNN's Jake Tapper, who quoted Haberman's observation: "Trump appears to be sleeping. His head keeps dropping down and his mouth goes slack." When Tapper implored Haberman to "tell us about that," she simply responded, "Well, Jake, he appeared to be asleep." Which absolutely tickled Stewart.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesDonald Trump sure looked lonely on Tuesday as he sat stone-faced and sleepy in a Manhattan courtroom for the second day of jury selection in his hush-money criminal trial. Gone were Trump's usual milieu of MAGA-manic supporters, replaced by a dour Supreme Court judge and a single protester who showed up outside the courthouse to defend the former president.
The trial partly centers on claims that Trump paid a former porn actress to keep quiet about their alleged affair. According to prosecutors, the $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels in October 2016 amounted to a conspiracy "to corrupt a presidential election" and involved "lying in New York business records to cover it up." His former fixer, Michael Cohen, has previously said he made the payments on his boss' behalf.
In addition to Daniels, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford, Trump was also allegedly involved in a $150,000 payment to former Playboy model Karen McDougal, who said she had an affair with him in 2006. The payment was made by tabloid giant American Media—an ally of Trump—which then killed the story.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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