Sketch Artist Pinpoints Courtroom Testimony That Seemed To 'Really Get To' Trump
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Elizabeth Williams said the former president often appeared to have his eyes shut, but his demeanor changed during one particular episode.
A courtroom sketch artist said Donald Trump’s affect changed quite dramatically on Tuesday during testimony about former Playboy model Karen McDougal at his hush money trial.
David Pecker, former publisher of the National Enquirer, has been testifying for the prosecution about a “catch and kill” scheme that he allegedly helped Trump carry out before the 2016 election to find and bury potentially damaging stories.
In 2016, McDougal signed a $150,000 agreement with American Media Inc., which owned the Enquirer, for the rights to her story that she had an affair with Trump a decade earlier.
Pecker discussed some of the events leading up to that payment on Tuesday, describing how Michael Cohen, Trump’s then-attorney, had asked him to look into the story.
Elizabeth Williams, who has a decades-long career in creating court artwork, told CNN on Tuesday that Trump started out the day with his eyes often closed.