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Jon Stewart rips into Trump’s attitude in court: ‘Imagine committing so many crimes, you get bored at trial’ [Video]

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Jon Stewart ripped into Donald Trump on the first day of the former president’s unprecedented criminal trial in New York – after Trump appeared to start to fall asleep in the courtroom.

Trump was in court for jury selection for the first-ever criminal trial of a sitting or former president. Trump faces 34 counts of falsifying business records in an alleged attempt to hide hush money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Trump denies the charges.

Despite the day’s proceedings, reporters noticed that Mr Trump appeared to doze off, sparking a slew of online jokes at the former president’s expense, such as naming him “Sleepy Don”.

Stewart had a theory that after so many courtroom appearances, he may have just gotten bored of all the proceedings.

“Imagine committing so many crimes, …

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