Lawrence: I went to Trump's trial and found him in a jail of his own making

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE ON

THAT, LAWRENCE.

THAT IS A DEEP TEASE, AS THEY

SAY IN OUR BUSINESS.

HAVE A GOOD SHOW.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> AT 4:26 P.M.

TODAY, MAGGIE HABERMAN POSTED

THIS TO THE LIVE UPDATE OF THE

TRUMP TRIAL, REPORTING FROM

INSIDE THE COURTROOM.

TRUMP LEFT THE COURTROOM

SQUINTING STRANGELY AT LAWRENCE

O'DONNELL, THE MSNBC HOST, AS

HE DID.

ADAM CLASS FIELD WHO HAS BEEN

IN THE STORY EVERY DAY -- IN

THE COURTROOM EVERY DAY

REPORTED THE STORY THIS WAY.

HE MUTTERS UNDER HIS BREATH, I

WAS SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO HIM,

MEANING RIGHT NEXT TO ME.

MY FIRST TIME IN THE TRUMP

TRIAL COURTROOM AND IT SEEMS

DONALD TRUMP WAS NOT REALLY

PLEASED TO SEE ME.

THAT IS A SHOT OF ME.

IT LOOKS LIKE I AM VERY FAR

BEHIND DONALD TRUMP, BUT I AM

ACTUALLY IN THE FIRST ROW

AVAILABLE TO THE PRESS AND

VISUALLY THERE WAS NOTHING

BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND ME

WHEN I WAS SITTING THERE AND

LATER IN THE AFTERNOON I WAS

SITTING AT AN EVEN BETTER SPOT.

AND I HAVE MY INTERPRETATION OF

WHAT DONALD TRUMP'S FACE AND

EYES WERE TRYING TO SAY TO ME

HIS FLASH OF ANGER WITH ME AT

THE END OF THE HOUR.

HE SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE IT, OF

COURSE.

DONALD TRUMP SHOULD NOT HAVE

DRAWN ATTENTION TO ME.

DONALD TRUMP'S POLITICAL

ADVISOR WAS THERE, SITTING IN

THE FRONT ROW RESERVED FOR

TRUMP FAMILY MEMBERS WHO DID

NOT SHOW UP ONCE AGAIN.

BORIS EPSHTEYN WAS SITTING IN

FRONT OF ME AND KNEW I WAS

THERE.

HE SHOULD'VE TOLD DONALD TRUMP

WHEN YOU WALK BY O'DONNELL,

DON'T GIVE HIM THE SATISFACTION

OF MAKING A MOMENT ABOUT HIM,

BUT DEFENDANTS LIKE DONALD TRUMP

ALWAYS MAKE MISTAKES AND

COURTROOMS.

AND MISTAKES ARE WHAT HAVE

SLANDERED DONALD TRUMP IN

CRIMINAL COURTROOMS.

MANHATTAN'S CRIMINAL COURTROOM

1530, IS A ROOM OF BROKEN LIVES.

LIKE ALL CRIMINAL COURTROOMS,

IT HAS SEEN AN ENDLESS PARADE

OF THE BROKEN LIVES LIVED BY

THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE THE

WORST MISTAKE IN THEIR LIVES

THAT LEAVES THEM SITTING IN THE

DEFENDANT'S CHAIR IN THAT

COURTROOM.

OTHER THAN THE FALSELY ACCUSED,

VERY BAD MISTAKES, OFTEN A

SERIES OF BAD MISTAKES, LEAD TO

CRIMINAL COURTROOMS.

DONALD TRUMP WAS NOT THE ONLY

BROKEN LIFE IN THAT ROOM ON

DISPLAY TODAY.

THE BROKEN MAN SITTING BESIDE

HIM AT THE DEFENSE TABLE ROSE

ONCE AGAIN TO DEFEND THE

INDEFENSIBLE.

EVERYONE IN NEW YORK LEGAL

CIRCLES, INCLUDING PEOPLE I

RESPECT THE MOST, HAVE AT ONE

POINT OR ANOTHER TOLD ME THAT

TODD BLANCHE IS AN EXCELLENT

LAWYER.

SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO TOLD ME

THAT MONTHS AGO HAVE SWITCHED

TO THE PAST TENSE.

WAS AN EXCELLENT LAWYER BEFORE

HE SOLD HIS PROFESSIONAL SOUL

TO DONALD TRUMP.

TODD BLANCHE WAS A MUCH

RESPECTED, HIGHLY PAID PARTNER

ENEMAS DAYS PARTNER IN A

PRESTIGIOUS MANHATTAN LAW FORM

AND ACQUIRING VALUABLE SKILLS.

HE COULD'VE STAYED IN THAT

PARTNERSHIP FOR THE REST OF HIS

PROFESSIONAL LIFE.

HE COULD'VE BEEN WELL-REGARDED

FOR THE REST OF HIS

PROFESSIONAL LIFE.

INSTEAD, TO TAKE ON DONALD

TRUMP AS A CLIENT HE HAD TO

QUIT HIS LAW FIRM BECAUSE THE

LAW FIRM WANTED NO ASSOCIATION

WITH DONALD TRUMP AND HAVING

QUIT HIS LAW FIRM HE MOVED WITH

HIS FAMILY TO FLORIDA TO BECOME

A FULL-TIME TRUMP DEFENSE

LAWYER, WORKING FOR EXACTLY ONE

CLIENT.

THERE IS NO GOOD STORY IN THE

HISTORY OF JURISPRUDENCE ABOUT

A CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER WHO

DECIDES TO WORK FOR ONLY ONE

CLIENT.

THE CLIENT WHO HAS ENOUGH

CRIMINAL LEGAL BUSINESS TO KEEP

THAT LAWYER EMPLOYED FOR YEARS

AND YEARS AND YEARS.

EVEN MAFIA LAWYERS HAVE HAD

MANY OTHER CLIENTS NOT IN

ORGANIZED CRIME.

IN CRIMINAL COURTROOM 1530,

TODD BLANCHE LAST WEEK SUFFERED

THE ULTIMATE PROFESSIONAL

HUMILIATION WHEN JUDGE MERCHAN

SAID TO HIM, YOU ARE LOSING ALL

CREDIBILITY WITH THE COURT.

AS I SAID AT THE TIME YOU CAN

SPEND A LIFETIME IN COURTROOMS

AND NEVER HEAR A JUDGE SAY THAT

TO A GOOD LAWYER, NEVER.

TODAY'S COURT SESSION BEGAN

WITH WHAT WAS SCHEDULED AS A

HALF HOUR HEARING ABOUT DONALD

TRUMP'S LATEST VIOLATIONS OF

THE JUDGE'S GAG ORDER.

THE PROSECUTION PRESENTED THOSE

FOR NEW VIOLATIONS IN A 10

MINUTE, TIGHT, LOGICAL,

SEEMINGLY IRREFUTABLE

PRESENTATION.

THE WORST OF THE VIOLATIONS WAS

DONALD TRUMP'S COMMENT LAST

WEEK ABOUT THE JURY.

THE PROSECUTOR READ IT TO THE

JUDGE.

THE FIRST ITEM HE RAISED,

QUOTE, THIS IS WHAT DONALD

TRUMP SAID.

THAT JURY WAS PICKED SO FAST,

95% DEMOCRATS.

THE AREA IS ALMOST ALL

DEMOCRAT.

YOU THINK OF IT AS A PURELY

DEMOCRAT AREA.

IT IS A VERY UNFAIR SITUATION,

THAT I CAN TELL YOU.

THE PROSECUTOR THEN WENT ON TO

CITE OTHER VIOLATIONS IN THE

GAG ORDER WHICH FORBIDS DONALD

TRUMP FROM MAKING ANY PUBLIC

COMMENTS ABOUT WITNESSES.

PROSECUTORS CITED RECENT

COMMENTS ABOUT MICHAEL COHEN

AND DAVID PECKER.

WHEN TODD BLANCHE STOOD UP TO

DEFEND DONALD TRUMP'S APPARENT

VIOLATIONS OF THE GAG ORDER, HE

RAMBLED ON WITHOUT MAKING A

SINGLE LEGAL POINT FOR 20

MINUTES.

AND NEVER SAID A WORD ABOUT THE

MOST SERIOUS VIOLATION, DONALD

TRUMP'S ATTACK ON THE JURY.

TODD BLANCHE WAS TRYING TO

DEFEND DONALD TRUMP'S COMMENTS

ABOUT WITNESSES.

HE SAID, QUOTE, HE CAN'T JUST

SAY NO COMMENT REPEATEDLY WHEN

HE IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.

THAT IS, OF COURSE, A LIE.

THAT IS A LAWYER TELLING A LIE

IN A COURTROOM.

IT IS NOT JUST A POINT OF

ARGUMENT.

CANDIDATES REFUSED TO COMMENT

ON ISSUES ALL THE TIME.

NO ONE DOES IT MORE THAN DONALD

TRUMP.

DONALD TRUMP VERY SPECIFICALLY

REFUSED TO DECLARE HIS POSITION

ON ABORTION FOR MONTHS AND

MONTHS DURING REPUBLICAN

PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES.

NO POLITICIAN IN OUR HISTORY

HAS REFUSED TO ANSWER MORE

QUESTIONS THAN DONALD TRUMP.

WHILE HIS MOUTH IS STILL MOVING,

SAYING OTHER THINGS IN RESPONSE

TO THE QUESTION, USUALLY

NONSENSE AND LIES HAVING

NOTHING TO DO WITH THE QUESTION.

AND JUST TO SINK TODD BLANCHE

EVEN DEEPER INTO THE DARKNESS

OF HIS BROKEN PROFESSIONAL LIFE,

DONALD TRUMP HIMSELF PROVED

TODD BLANCHE WAS LYING AT THE

END OF THE DAY.

AFTER DONALD TRUMP WALKED

ANGRILY PAST ME INTO THE HALLWAY

OF THE COURTROOM, WHERE HE

SPOKE TO A POOL OF REPORTERS

WITH THE CAMERAS ROLLING, THE

LAST QUESTION ASKED OF HIM WAS

WHAT DID HE THINK OF THE

WITNESS WHO TOOK UP MOST OF THE

TRIAL DAY TODAY, KEITH

DAVIDSON?

AND DONALD TRUMP SAID, WELL,

I'M NOT ALLOWED TO TESTIFY.

I'M UNDER A GAG ORDER, I GUESS,

I CAN'T TESTIFY.

NOW WE ARE GOING TO BE

APPEALING THE GAG ORDER.

I WOULD LOVE TO ANSWER THAT

QUESTION.

IT IS A VERY EASY QUESTION.

THE EASIEST QUESTION SO FAR,

BUT I'M NOT ALLOWED TO TESTIFY

BECAUSE THIS IS A JUDGE WAS

TOTALLY CONFLICTED.

HE HAS ME UNDER AN

UNCONSTITUTIONAL GAG ORDER.

THOSE WERE DONALD TRUMP'S

WORDS.

OF COURSE DONALD TRUMP IS NOT A

MASTER OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

HE DID NOT MEAN TESTIFY.

HE SIMPLY MEANT I CANNOT ANSWER

YOUR QUESTION BECAUSE I AM

UNDER A GAG ORDER.

TODD BLANCHE MAY HAVE LEARNED

NOTHING IN THE COURTROOM TODAY,

BUT DONALD TRUMP DID.

HE LEARNED FROM THAT HEARING

HOW TO RESPOND TO A QUESTION

ABOUT WITNESSES IN THIS CASE,

WHICH IS TO NOT ANSWER AT ALL

AND IF HE WANTS TO, CITE HIS

GAG ORDER, WHICH IS EXACTLY

WHAT DONALD TRUMP DID AT THE

END OF THE DAY.

DONALD TRUMP'S RESPONSE IN THE

HALLWAY TODAY DIRECTLY

CONTRADICTED TODD BLANCHE.

DIRECTLY DESTROYED TODD

BLANCHE'S CREDIBILITY AND

AGAIN, THE PRINCIPAL ARGUMENT

IN DEFENSE OF DONALD TRUMP'S

VIOLATIONS OF THE GAG ORDER.

SO A WEEK AFTER THE JUDGE TELLS

TODD BLANCHE HE HAS LOST

CREDIBILITY WITH THE JUDGE, HOW

COULD IT GET WORSE FOR TODD

BLANCHE?

DONALD TRUMP FOUND A WAY TO

MAKE IT WORSE TODAY.

DONALD TRUMP WENT OUT IN THE

HALLWAY AT THE END OF THE DAY

AND IN EFFECT RIDICULED TODD

BLANCHE'S DEFENSE OF DONALD

TRUMP'S VIOLATIONS OF THE GAG

ORDER.

APPARENTLY TODD BLANCHE HAD NO

INTENTION OF EVEN ADDRESSING

THE WORST VIOLATION OF THE GAG

ORDER PRESENTED BY THE

PROSECUTORS, WHICH WAS DONALD

TRUMP'S COMMENTS AND ATTACKS

AGAINST THE JURY WHO HE ACCUSES

OF BEING 95% DEMOCRAT WITHOUT

HAVING ANY IDEA HOW MANY OF

THOSE JURORS MIGHT BE

DEMOCRATS, HOW MANY MIGHT BE

REPUBLICANS.

12% OF THEM VOTED FOR DONALD

TRUMP.

JUDGE MERCHAN IS NOT AN

INPATIENT JUDGE.

THERE ARE SOME WHO COULD ACCUSE

HIM OF BEING TOO PATIENT, LIKE

THIS MORNING.

HE LET TODD BLANCHE SAY NOTHING

FOR OVER 20 MINUTES TODAY

BEFORE THE JUDGE FINALLY HAD TO

INTERRUPT HIM AND SAY, CAN I

ASK YOU TO ADDRESS THE COMMENTS

THAT WERE MADE ABOUT THE JURY?

TODD BLANCHE BEGAN WITH THE

STUPIDEST POSSIBLE RESPONSE

ABOUT THE ACTUAL WORDS DONALD

TRUMP SAID.

DONALD TRUMP TOLD THE JUDGE, IT

WAS A 15 SECOND STATEMENT OUT

OF AN INTERVIEW THAT WAS OVER

21 MINUTES LONG.

IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THE

INTERVIEW WERE FIVE DAYS LONG.

WHAT MATTERS IS WHAT DONALD

TRUMP SAID.

DID HE VIOLATE THE ORDER?

THE JUDGE REPEATEDLY HAD TO ASK

TODD BLANCHE, DID HE VIOLATE

THE GAG ORDER?

TODD BLANCHE ACTUALLY SAID,

QUOTE, THE GAG ORDER

SPECIFICALLY REFERENCES ANY

PROSPECTIVE JUROR OR ANY JUROR

IN THIS CRIMINAL PROCEEDING, SO

HE WASN'T REFERENCING JUROR

NUMBER 4 IS A DEMOCRAT.

WHEREUPON YOU COULD SEE THE

JUDGE GIVE UP ON TODD BLANCHE.

HE SHOOK HIS HEAD.

THE JUDGE SHOOK HIS HEAD,

SMILED IN A STRAINED WAY JUST A

BIT.

I SILENTLY LAUGHED AT THE

PREPOSTEROUS THING THAT TODD

BLANCHE JUST SAID.

IT WAS THE MOST PREPOSTEROUS

POSSIBLE ANSWER TODD BLANCHE

COULD'VE GIVEN.

I WASN'T TALKING ABOUT JUROR

NUMBER 4. YOU CAN'T FIND THAT

REACTION IN THE SCRIPT, THE

REACTION OF THE ROOM.

YOU CAN'T FIND THE JUDGE'S

PHYSICAL REACTION TO WHAT HE

HEARD TODD BLANCHE SAY.

THE TRANSCRIPT IS JUST WORDS

AND THERE IS SO MUCH THAT

HAPPENS IN THAT ROOM BEYOND THE

WORDS.

IN PRESENTING THIS VIOLATION

ABOUT THE JURY, THE PROSECUTOR

SAID HE USED HIS PLATFORM TO

CRITICIZE THE SEATED JURY IN

THIS CASE.

THERE IS NO INFERENCE NEEDED.

IT IS NOT JUST ANY JURY.

IT IS THESE JURORS IN THIS

CASE, SITTING RIGHT IN THIS ROOM IN A FEW MINUTES AND TODD

ROOM IN A FEW MINUTES AND TODD

BLANCHE IS A DISGRACEFUL AND

GUARANTEED TO LOSE VIOLATION OF

THE GAG ORDER, TO ACTUALLY SAY

DONALD TRUMP DID NOT SPECIFY

ANY ONE OF THE JURORS.

NO HE DIDN'T.

HE SPECIFIED EVERY ONE OF THE

JURORS.

EVERYONE OF THEM WHO FILED INTO

THAT ROOM AT THE END OF THE

HEARING AND PASSED BY DONALD

TRUMP AS FAST AS THEY COULD,

WITHOUT LOOKING AT HIM IN ANY

WAY, AS IF THERE WERE AN

OBSTACLE THERE THAT THEY HAD TO

SPEED PAST, SOMETHING

DANGEROUS.

I HAVE NEVER SEEN A FASTER

WALKING JURY IN MY LIFE.

A JURY WHO WANTS TO PASS BY

THAT DEFENDANT.

MOVE PAST THE DEFENDANT OVER

AND DONE WITH AS FAST AS THEIR

LEGS CAN CARRY THEM.

IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR SOME

JURORS TO TAKE IN THE ROOM WHEN

THEY ENTER IN CASES.

THEIR EYES SOMETIMES FALL ON

THE PROSECUTOR, OFTEN ON THE

JUDGE.

SOMETIMES ON THE DEFENDANT.

FREQUENTLY SMILE AT THE JUDGE.

SOMETIMES THERE CAN BE SMALL

SMILES THAT ARE FLASHED AROUND

THE ROOM BY JURORS THAT DON'T

REALLY TELL YOU ANYTHING ABOUT

WHAT THEY ARE THINKING, BUT

OFTEN SHOW YOU THAT A GROUP OF

PEOPLE ARE ENTERING THIS ROOM

WITH HINTS OF HUMANITY ON

DISPLAY.

NOT SO WITH THE TRUMP JURY WHEN

THEY ENTER.

WHEN THEY TOOK THEIR PLACES IN

THE JURY BOX, WHICH I HAD A

VERY FULL VIEW OF IN THE

AFTERNOON, THEY SETTLED INTO

THEIR ROLES AND ALL PAY VERY

STRICT ATTENTION AT ALL TIMES

TO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THAT

ROOM AND IT DOES NOT SEEM THAT

ANY OF THEM HAVE LIKELY

COMPLAINED ABOUT FREEZING IN

THE COURTROOM AS DONALD TRUMP

HAS DONE RELENTLESSLY,

INCLUDING ONE OF THE MIDDLE-

AGED JURORS WHO WAS WEARING

NOTHING BUT A T-SHIRT ALL DAY.

THAT IS HOW FREEZING IT WASN'T

IN THE COURTROOM.

BUT AS A DEFENDANT IN THE

COURTROOM EVERYONE MOMENT MUST

BE CHILLING.

CERTAINLY IT IS FOR DONALD

TRUMP.

DONALD TRUMP SPENT MOST OF HIS

COURTROOM DAY LISTENING TO

SOMEONE HE HAS NEVER MET.

THE THIRD BROKEN LIFE ON

DISPLAY IN THE COURTROOM TODAY,

KEITH DAVIDSON, A LAWYER WHO

EVEN TODD BLANCHE CAN LOOK DOWN

ON.

KEITH DAVIDSON'S TESTIMONY

REVEALED THAT HE MAKES MUCH OR

MOST OF HIS LIVING AS A BOTTOM

FEEDER IN THE CESSPOOL THAT NO

LAW SCHOOL STUDENT HAS EVER

ASPIRED TO.

ATTORNEY KEITH DAVIDSON

NEGOTIATED $130,000 HUSH MONEY

PAYMENT TO STARS STORMY DANIELS

TO GUARANTEE HER SILENCE ABOUT

HER ONE, ACCORDING TO HER, VERY

QUICK SEXUAL ENCOUNTER WITH

DONALD TRUMP.

THAT HE NEGOTIATED THE $130,000

DEAL WITH MICHAEL COHEN IS

DOCUMENTED IN EMAIL RECORDS,

TEXT MESSAGES AND VOICE

RECORDING RECORDS.

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO

REASONABLE DOUBT LEFT IN THE

ROOM ABOUT KEITH DAVIDSON

NEGOTIATING THAT DEAL ON BEHALF

OF STORMY DANIELS WITH MICHAEL

COHEN.

THAT IS THE ESSENCE OF HIS

TESTIMONY.

THAT IS WHAT IT IS ABOUT.

THAT IS WHY HE IS A WITNESS.

BUT WHEN YOUR LIFE GOES SO FAR

OFF COURSE THAT YOU FIND

YOURSELF NEGOTIATING HUSH MONEY

PAYMENTS WITH PRESIDENTIAL

CANDIDATES SO THAT YOU CAN HELP

HIDE THE TRUTH ABOUT THAT

CANDIDATE FROM VOTERS FOR A FEE

OF $10,000 THAT YOU EARN FROM

THAT TRANSACTION, IT MIGHT NOT

BE THE ONLY UNSEEMLY THING

YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH IN

YOUR LIFE.

AND SO ON CROSS-EXAMINATION,

MUCH TO DONALD TRUMP'S DELIGHT, I AM SURE, BUT TO NO RELEVANT

I AM SURE, BUT TO NO RELEVANT

POINT, DONALD TRUMP'S OTHER

CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER, EMIL

BOVE, TRIED TO EXPOSE KEITH

DAVIDSON'S ROLE IN TRYING TO

ARRANGE HUSH MONEY PAYMENTS AND

SUCCESSFULLY ARRANGING HUSH

MONEY PAYMENTS, IN ONE CASE FOR

AS MUCH AS $2 MILLION, FROM

OTHER FAMOUS MEN INCLUDING HULK

HOGAN AND CHARLIE SHEEN.

KEITH DAVIDSON WAS ALSO

INVOLVED IN TRAFFICKING

INFORMATION ABOUT THE TREATMENT

OF YOUNG ACTRESS LINDSAY LOHAN

IN A REHAB FACILITY.

THIS TESTIMONY FROM THIS PERSON

WHO HAS SULLIED HIS LAW DEGREE,

TOOK PLACE IN A BUILDING FILLED

WITH HONORABLE LAWYERS WORKING

FOR GOVERNMENT SALARIES OR FOR

PUBLIC DEFENDER WAGES WHO EVERY

DAY MAKE THE LAW A NOBLE

CALLING.

BUT EVERY COURTHOUSE HAS THE

OTHER KIND OF LAWYERS.

THE WORST KIND OF LAWYERS,

PASSING THROUGH THOSE COURT

HOUSES EVERY DAY, TOO.

AND WITH EVERY BIT OF DIRT THAT

KEITH DAVIDSON REVEALED ABOUT

HIMSELF AND EVERY BIT OF DIRT

THAT WAS THROWN AT HIM BY

DONALD TRUMP'S LAWYER, WHAT

REALLY MATTERED IN THAT ROOM IS

THAT THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE

ROOM, SITTING UNDER A CROWN OF

BLONDE HAIR AT THE DEFENSE

TABLE, LIVED HIS LIFE IN SUCH A

WAY THAT HIS FUTURE WAS IN THE

HANDS OF KEITH DAVIDSON IN

OCTOBER, 2016, WHEN HE WAS

ASKING THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED

STATES OF AMERICA TO MAKE HIM

THE NEXT PRESIDENT.

I WAS SITTING IN THE FRONT ROW

OF THE REPORTER SECTION OF THE

COURTROOM, WHICH IS ACTUALLY

THE THIRD ROW OF SPECTATOR

SEATS.

THE FIRST ROW IS RESERVED FOR

CIRCUIT SEVIS AGENTS.

-- FOR SECRET SERVICE AGENTS.

THE SECOND ROW IS FOR THE

FAMILY AND THEN THERE IS THE

THIRD ROW, WHERE IN THE

AFTERNOON THERE WAS NOTHING,

NOTHING BETWEEN ME AND THE BACK

OF DONALD TRUMP'S HEAD.

THE SAME SEAT WAS OCCUPIED LAST

WEEK BY THE WRITER, JONATHAN

ALTER, WHO WROTE AT SOME LENGTH

FOR THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY

ABOUT HIS DAY OF CONTEMPLATION

STARING AT, QUOTE, THE BACK OF

HIS HEAD.

THE METICULOUSLY COIFFED

SOUFFLE.

WHAT YOU SEE UNDER THE HAIR IN

THAT COURTROOM IS A VERY, VERY

SMALL MAN.

DONALD TRUMP IS ACTUALLY THE

TALLEST PERSON IN THE

COURTROOM.

AT LEAST AN INCH TALLER THAN I

AM, BUT WHEN HE SITS IN HIS

CHAIR, HE DOES IT WITH THE

COMMON SLUMP OF THE ELDERLY.

HE SINKS.

HIS 77-YEAR-OLD BACKBONE

SHRINKS TO THE POINT WHERE HE

IS SITTING AS THE SHORTEST MAN

AT THE DEFENSE TABLE AND HE SITS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS

SITS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS

LIFE AS A LITTLE MAN IN

CONFINEMENT.

THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN

AMERICA HOPING DONALD TRUMP

GOES TO JAIL.

THERE MAY BE JUST AS MANY OR

ALMOST AS MANY HOPING THAT HE

DOESN'T, BUT FOR THOSE WHO HOPE

DONALD TRUMP GOES TO JAIL, YOU

CAN PUT ASIDE SOME OF THAT HOPE

NOW, BECAUSE COURTROOM 1530

FROM 9:00 A.M.

TO 4:30 P.M.

IS DONALD TRUMP'S JAIL.

IT IS THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE

HE IS NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE

ROOM WHENEVER HE WANTS TO.

IT IS THE FIRST TIME IN HIS

LIFE WHEN HE DOESN'T GET TO

DECIDE WHEN TO ENTER.

IT IS THE FIRST TIME IN HIS

LIFE THAT HE DOES NOT GET TO

DECIDE WHAT TO SAY.

HE IS NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK. HE IS NOT ALLOWED TO MOVE.

HE IS NOT ALLOWED TO MOVE.

HE IS NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE.

THERE IS NO DIET COKE IN THE

ROOM.

DONALD TRUMP HAS NOT

EXPERIENCED ANYTHING CLOSE TO

THAT SINCE HIGH SCHOOL AND IN

HIGH SCHOOL IT WAS NEVER FOR

MORE THAN 45 MINUTES OR AN HOUR

AT A TIME.

DONALD TRUMP'S JAIL IS UPON HIM

NOW.

HE MIGHT FACE MORE JAIL TIME.

SOME FORM OF REAL JAIL TIME,

BUT FOR NOW, THESE ARE THE VERY