4/15/2024

LEGAL: “Former President Donald J. Trump seemed alternately irritated and exhausted Monday morning, as his lawyers and prosecutors hashed out pretrial motions before jury selection in his criminal case.

Even as a judge was hearing arguments on last-minute issues in a criminal case that centers on salacious allegations and threatens to upend his bid for the presidency, Mr. Trump appeared to nod off a few times, his mouth going slack and his head drooping onto his chest.”

-Maggie Haberman, “A Weary Trump Appears to Doze Off in Courtroom Ahead of Criminal Trial,” nytimes.com, April 15, 2024