Trump hates his courtroom sketches — and thinks the artist is 'out to get him': report
Former President Donald Trump is enraged about how he looks in the courtroom sketches at his Manhattan trial — and thinks that the sketch artist is trying to make him look bad on purpose.
According to Rolling Stone's Ryan Bort, Asawin Suebsaeng, and Catherina Gioino, the former president "privately asked people close to him if they agree that the courtroom sketch-artist must be out to get him, two of the sources say. Trump has critiqued the sketches of him that have circulated in the media this week, and insisted some of the images were likely drawn to make fun of him. One such sketch captured Trump snoozing, with his eyes closed and head tilted."
Moreover, on a Tuesday lunch break in court, Trump was seen "licking his lips as he walked down the middle aisle before flashing a small smile at the courtroom sketch artist as he exited."
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Trump spokesman Steven Cheung, known for his bombastic insults and his own misadventures in the courtroom, denies this, saying, “None of these sources know what the hell they’re talking about and clearly have no access to any type of factual information. These are the types of losers who will try to peddle fantasy as fact because they live miserable existences.”
But this is not the only gripe the former president has over the minutiae of his trial, where Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is accusing him of falsifying business documents to cover up a hush payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels that allegedly suppressed damning information about Trump before the 2016 election.
The report also notes Trump is enraged with the ongoing coverage of how he keeps falling asleep in court, and that in particular he blames the coverage of this on Maggie Haberman, a New York Times reporter who has tailed him closely and been granted access to his inner circle for years.