‘Tender Trump’ Puts on a Show for the Jury

Apr 27 2024 by The Daily Beast

 
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Donald Trump knows how to play to the audience, whether it’s the deluded millions of his MAGA base or the jurors in the first criminal trial of a former president.

That was clear on Friday when Trump seized a moment in his criminal trial to seemingly comfort a witness—his still-loyal ex-assistant Rhona Graff.

The jury had just finished listening to supermarket tabloid sleaze David Pecker testify about what prosecutors say was a criminal conspiracy to influence...

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