Jury selection underway in historic Trump trial

As jury duty got underway, prosecutors sought to hold former President Donald Trump in contempt over posts about a key witness.

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[chavowise]

Its gonna be a whole maury episode once stormy walks in😂

[AnythingJW]

can't wait to see the orange man in the orange jumpsuit

[Grandpa]

Criminal defendant Trump is making accountability great again.
Trump for the prison 2024.
He needs the rest.

[meme-tghr]

He can't stay awake for a few hours in a courtroom how is he going to be able to handle being Prez? Of which he should not even be on any ballot.

[michaelsavarese]

Take that microphone out of the courthouse!! Why should Trump be allowed to spew his lies on courthouse property!!!

[johnkeith]

Donald Trump' first criminal trial started today, and when he wasn’t busy dozing off in the courtroom, he spent much of the day today whining about the judge’s refusal to commit to letting him attend his son Barron’s graduation next month. The judge said he’ll have to see how the trial schedule plays out, and because Trump doesn’t get that he’s a criminal defendant with a reduced set of rights, he’s throwing a fit about it. But here’s the thing.

New York Times bestselling author Jeff Pearlman has done the research, and he says that Donald Trump has already failed to attend the graduations of his four other children.

Are we really supposed to believe that after whiffing on nearly thirty years of graduations, he suddenly wants to attend one now?

Remember, this isn’t the political realm. Trump doesn’t get to just make up lies and then get away with it. The judge will be free to ask Trump to make an argument for why he needs to attend this graduation ceremony if he’s never considered them important until now. And Trump will need to come up with a valid answer, or else his motion will be denied. Trump isn’t calling the shots anymore.


An excerpt from a Palmer Report article.

[emuwarrior]

I didn't think they allowed the clowns to wear makeup in court.

Seriously. Who does he think he's fooling with that fake tan?

When you’re a sociopath with no shame, you can’t be embarrassed. All you can be is punished, and even that is lost on the kind of narcissism that ex45 has exhibited his whole life.

[BlueJazzBoyNZ]

Will Mike Lindell loan Donald a Pillow..? ! Sleepy Oh so so Sleepy

[timothymattson]

Many years ago he misread the teleprompter that actually said “tired of Whining “.
He brought the “ Accordion “ hands, must be another lie .
The Bronzer is ridiculous.
Sleeping in court, are you Sleeping Well
Sleepy Don ?
Looks like Baron kicked his butt .

[animallovefest]

I have literally lost two, what I thought were good friends over this guy! I can not even say one full sentence without being stopped and talked over telling me how great Trump is and I am just a "Demo Rat" who knows nothing. They actuality have no idea what my true feelings are for Trump because they've never let me finish a thought or an opinion. But, instead shut me down and stopped talking to me all together. One of these people I've known since I was 15 years old and I'm 56! The other I've known for about 30 years. Both males and I'm a female, if that matters?

Has anyone else experienced anything like this?

[kimsland]

I'd laugh at Trump too if I saw the accused in court. Actually they should be throwing rotten tomatoes at him.

[marjoriemyers]

Its nearly 10 years to see KARMA coming to trump

[nonearlylove]

Trump Extended Weather Forecast : STORMY ..!

[Kjleed]

Good luck trying to find a juror without bias.

[OnlyLoveIsWelcome]

He really tried to intimidate the jury by being there during selection. I've never heard of anyone being there during jury selection 😅

[marjoriemyers]

Well i see trump wore his favorite bronzer. Melania is going to be pissed.

[jwyvkmt]

Tell Trump to tape the Supreme Court, he wants to be there to either remind the justices that he put them their or to intimidate go figure

[aborteddemocrat-uxue]

Can any jury be trusted to be impartial?

[sparkysmom]

The orange devil is INFAMOUS. NOT FAMOUS.