Former NY prosecutor on Trump hush money trial: 'He's going to have to sit there'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Former Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Catherine Christian said she will be closely monitoring former President Trump’s behavior in his first criminal trial, scheduled for Monday.

Christian noted that unlike his previous civil trials, Trump will “have to sit there” and hear the things he may not want to.

“I will be watching for Donald Trump’s behavior,” Christian said Saturday on “NBC News NOW” “Unlike the civil case of E. Jean Carroll, where he got up and walked out the courtroom because he didn’t like what he was hearing, he can’t do that in a criminal trial. No one can do that.”

“None of the prosecutors, the defense attorneys or Donald Trump,” she continued. “He’s going to have to sit there. He will only be able to leave when there’s a break.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-ny-prosecutor-trump-hush-163555056.html

[albacore]

1. We need to start a pool... "When will trump stage his first outburst and flounce out of the courtroom?" nt

[CrispyQ]

3. Depends. -nt

[Iggo]

5. I think they get regular bathroom breaks. (n/t)

[erronis]

7. Can you imagine having to clean up the floors/walls/loo after trump evacuates?

Hazardous duty pay!

And lots of disinfectant!

[DENVERPOPS]

10. How about putting

the poor person who has to clean up any bathroom he has used, on that Cable TV show of worst jobs????????

Or the person who has to do his laundry whenever he has a "blow-out" of his Depends......

[erronis]

11. Or a nice live video as it's happening?

[DENVERPOPS]

12. I don't even want

the vision of that going thru my mind erronis.........

It's like the people that work for the companies that clean up crime scenes, etc

[birdographer]

22. And he needs a bathroom for what?

From tales of the stench, that stuff just stays in there till he puts on his jammies at night.

[Chakaconcarne]

48. But will they be frequent enough? Maybe that's what he's truly worried about.

That he'll have an accident.

[SergeStorms]

15. I see what you did there.

[jaxexpat]

24. Don't like the word "flounce". When you weigh around 375 lbs, "flouncing" is not on the menu. Plodding or blustering, ok

Waddle,......I can, sadly, see that. But, Canter, sashay, leap, egress or even mosey are impossible, not happening for the way-too-obese, end-of-times wannabe villain exiting the court where we shall see if there is, at long last, equal justice under the law in America.

I'm still not certain if this isn't all a trick of my aged-alcoholic imagination or part of the script of a play by Henrik Ibsen or Neil Simon, maybe working together in the great playwrights great beyond or maybe Samuel Beckett. Yeah, Beckett sounds about right.

[Sparkly]

30. "Lumber?"

Although "flounce" made me chuckle!

[jaxexpat]

39. For one such as him, having but a thin and unfinished veneer, lumber is perfect.

[albacore]

36. Oxford says: ...

"Go or move in an exaggeratedly impatient or angry manner.
"He stood up in a fury and flounced out"
And trump's flounce is bigger than anybody's!

[jaxexpat]

40. That Oxford, they got the words.

[Hugin]

45. We've been living in Beckett's dimension since the Jan6th Impeachment.

I have proof.

[jaxexpat]

46. Touche.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. These stunts will hurt him with the jury

[wnylib]

28. Yes, they will. And then he will use a jury conviction

to enhance his victim image for his followers. "No other president has been so persecuted. I am being persecuted for your sake. It is a political witch hunt because I am representing you and your interests against the crooked socialist government."

There isn't anything that he won't spin to project a righteous image of himself.

But other people besides the jury will notice. Even without the trial being televised, the general public will get reports and descriptions of his courtroom behavior. It could weaken support for him among many people, even though the hardline MAGAs will double down on defending him.

[Barry Markson]

4. Trump will be covered wall to wall on every media outlet in the world everyday of the trial.

His caravan through the streets, his courthouse steps speeches morning, noon, and after the day's sessions.
All for free.
He can't buy that that kind of pub.

And it will suck all the air out of everything else like OJ Simpson.

[Mr.Bill]

13. The Secret Service would be doing him a big favor

if they insisted the only safe way they can get him in and out of the courtroom is through a back entrance where the public is not allowed.

[ALBliberal]

16. Doing us all a favor!

[bdamomma]

42. I think

The Secret Service will take him through the back, it's when he comes out spewing his lies about being a "victim". He can go to hell, let him keep Roy Cohn company.

[wnylib]

29. Sadly true.

[erronis]

6. As I have suggested elsewhere, this should be archived as an example of someone going through a personal melt-down.

I'm sure there will be tons of analyses, reports, medical journal entries, dissertations, tragi-comical cartoons, etc. detailing his facial expressions, his utterances (within and outside of the courtroom), his body language, and perhaps (ewww) his smells.

And Fux/Newsmax/Pravda will report on the glorious leader (putin) and his wonderful mutt (trump).

[Traurigkeit]

8. If TSF moves to get out, the DOOR opens for Judge Merchan

[Ping Tung]

9. He'll be like a little kid in church. Fidgeting and telling mom he has to pee RIGHT NOW!

I so wish this was going to televised.

[Captain Zero]

23. I thought NewsMax has it live

Read it somewhere

[COL Mustard]

26. I'm glad it's not televised.

He can't do public stunts this way and junk up the courtroom.

[SergeStorms]

14. Better double up....

on the "Depends" tomorrow, Donald. We wouldn't want anything dribbling down your legs during the trial. 💩

Either that or tape your pants down around your ankles.

[Dave Bowman]

17. Lol, just imagined all the crap

building up around his legs and his ankles getting bigger and bigger.

[SergeStorms]

38. Stand back...

they're going to BLOW! 💥💩💥

[jaxexpat]

25. Do you suppose it could be that the scrunchy-at-the-ankle style came out just for him, just for now?

Clothing designers, who knew they were in charge?

[toad-eye]

18. If only it could be televised.....

I was pretty riveted to our television on Insurrection Day (Jan 6).
It was astonishing.
That day had a huge impact on all of us, which is why tRump will forever be a loser.
While the trial won't be televised, tRump's daily bloviation after every court appearance will be.

For that reason alone this trial should be televised.
Having said that, the extensive reporting on this trial should be fun.

[oasis]

19. Trump's head will turn into a

mini-Hindenburg blimp.

[wnylib]

31. Will it spin around like the kid in the Exorcist as the

evil demons inside Trump come to the surface in his rage?

[oasis]

47. An evil demon couldn't

possess Trump because he's the devil himself.

[bdamomma]

43. His blood pressure

will be sky high, and watch his face getting very red. He will be pouting too like a 2-year-old.

[twodogsbarking]

20. Guns and ketchup will not be allowed in the Court.

[birdographer]

21. Almost choked on my yogurt laughing

"...He can't do that in a criminal trial. No one can do that."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA. Watch trump walk out. Watch nobody do anything to stop him. Watch him go home, after picking up a bucket of KFC.

[TSExile]

27. Yup. Rules apply to everyone but TSF.

Will the audio be livestreamed?

[wnylib]

33. I think that he will deliberately push the envelope hard

in the courtroom trying to force the judge to take disciplinary action that will build up the martyr image.

I don't know what the judge's disciplinary options are, but I think that he could remove Trump to a separate room where he could watch but not respond. He would need to have speaking access to his attorneys, but could be cut off from verbal disruptions of the trial. Also, no phone, tablet, or laptop access so that he can't try to film or stream parts of the trial, or post commentary on it while it is ongoing.

He will, of course, protest any and all restrictions on him, but some will be necessary.

I wonder if there will be room for spectators besides the press.

[Quakerfriend]

34. I heard George Conway say that he will

be in the courtroom on day #1.

[wnylib]

35. And Trump has said that all hell will break loose on Monday.

Some DU posters and media commentators have compared that to the J6 invitation tweet "Will be wild." They thought that Trump was trying to get another J6 type crowd to take action.

But I think he might mean that all hell will break loose in the courtroom. I suspect that he has something planned to carry out in court. Don't know what it would be since my mind (fortunately) does not work like his.

Or, there might be multiple disruptive protests planned for around the country rather than a single gathering like J6.

[bdamomma]

44. I hate to say this

but will they conduct searches in the courthouse for anything suspicious.

[wnylib]

49. I'm sure that security will be very high.

[Ladythatvotesblue]

32. Sit

Sit and be quiet? Thats funny. NO way in Hell is he not going to make a fool of himself.

[albacore]

37. At the top of this thread, I suggested a pool on when trump would storm out of the courtroom...

Now, I want to suggest a pool on trump's blood pressure high point during the trial...especially Cohen's and Daniels' testimonies.
I want a high, high number in that pool.

I seriously think that fucker will vapor lock before November.

[bdamomma]

41. well

if he says anything or mutters under his breath, JAIL HIM!!!!!!!