A man set himself on fire outside the courthouse for Donald Trump’s trial. CNN’s Laura Coates and MSNBC’s Yasmin Vossoughian reported the fire live on air.
A man set himself on fire outside the courthouse where the jurors are being chosen for former president Donald Trump‘s hush money criminal trial. CNN‘s chief legal analyst Laura Coates and MSNBC national correspondent Yasmin Vossoughian both witnessed the self-immolation and spoke about the incident live on air.
“I just have to tell you, I have been a student of history for a long time. I cannot overstate the emotional response of watching a human being engulfed in flames and to watch his body be lifted on a gurney,” Coates said on air. “Here we are, knowing that we’re here to document history, but to know about what has just taken place — what an emotional and unbelievably disturbing moment here in Manhattan.”
The man, identified by police as Maxwell Azzarello, of St. Augustine, Florida, was in an area designated for protesters outside the Manhattan courthouse where the jurors and alternates for Trump’s trial were being chosen Friday.
