He didn’t even have to be there. He wasn’t asked to speak, nor was he required to make any statements in the courtroom at any point. Instead, he lashed out about the case on social media and held makeshift press conferences in the hallway outside, broadcasting to a small army of news cameras to insult the judge and his chief clerk.
When he returned to a Manhattan courtroom between breaks, walking to the defence table with his face largely directed at the floor in a permanent scowl, Donald Trump sat quietly, his shoulders lurching forward, and spoke only in whispers into the ears of his attorneys.
