- Jon Stewart could not assist roasting Donald Trump over reviews of him falling asleep in court docket.
- Stewart was referencing The New York Occasions’ Maggie Haberman, who stated Trump nodded off “just a few occasions” in court docket.
- “He is loud night breathing. He is doing the honk shoo,” Stewart joked whereas making cartoon loud night breathing noises.
“The Day by day Present” host Jon Stewart says he is amused that former President Donald Trump may need dozed off on the opening day of his first felony trial.
“Think about committing so many crimes, you get bored at your personal trial,” Stewart stated of Trump on Monday evening’s episode.
Stewart referenced a report by The New York Occasions’s Maggie Haberman on Monday’s trial. Trump has been accused of falsifying his enterprise data to cowl up a intercourse scandal with porn star Stormy Daniels.
In her story, Haberman wrote that “Trump appeared to nod off just a few occasions, his mouth going slack and his head drooping onto his chest.” Different shops reminiscent of CNN and The Washington Publish made related observations of Trump.
“He gave the impression to be asleep and repeatedly his head would fall down,” Haberman told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Monday.
“Hey Jake, what a part of ‘head down, eyes closed, drool popping out of his mouth’ do you not recover from right here? He is loud night breathing. He is doing the honk shoo,” Stewart stated on his present earlier than imitating the loud night breathing sounds made by cartoon characters.
“There is a piece of paper going up and down and up and down in his mouth,” Stewart added. “He is asleep.”
However this would not be the primary time Trump has appeared to go to sleep whereas in court docket, Haberman informed CNN.
“There have been different moments in different trials just like the E Jean Carroll trial which was across the nook in January, the place he appeared very nonetheless and appeared as if he could be sleeping however then he would transfer,” Haberman stated.
Haberman was referencing the defamation case that Trump misplaced earlier this yr. Trump now owes $83.3 million in damages to Carroll, a author {that a} jury dominated final yr he had sexually abused.
To make certain, Trump has been making frequent appearances in courts. Moreover the civil trials involving Carroll, Trump was additionally ordered to pay a $175 million bond on April 1 for his New York civil fraud case.
Haberman: Trump gave the impression to be asleep. His head would fall down… He didn’t take note of a be aware his lawyer handed him. His jaw stored falling on his chest and his mouth stored going slack. pic.twitter.com/Y9niQfZc3W
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 15, 2024
The Trump marketing campaign later issued an announcement to The Unbiased refuting Haberman’s report, calling the concept that Trump would go to sleep in court docket “100% Faux Information.”
Representatives for Trump didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from BI despatched exterior common enterprise hours.
The previous president has additionally been charged in three different felony circumstances. This contains two federal circumstances referring to Trump’s alleged makes an attempt to overturn the 2020 election outcomes, and one other on accusations that he hoarded categorized paperwork in Mar-a-Lago after leaving workplace. None of these circumstances have agency trial dates set but.
