As the third week of Donald Trump’s Manhattan trial neared its conclusion on Friday, the historic proceedings have not just weighed whether hush-money payments to alleged paramours involved illegality – they are also touching on the ex-president’s already tenuous relationship with reality.
Trump, whose most infamous lie remains his claim that the 2020 election was stolen, has peddled untruths outside of the courtroom; meanwhile, his defense has flirted with conspiratorial approaches to evidence in this case.
