Trump began shaking his head ‘no’ the 5th time he heard ‘guilty,’ said veteran courtroom sketch artist Christine Cornell.
Donald Trump looked « demolished » after being found guilty of 34 counts of felony falsifying business records, according to a veteran court sketch artist who captured the moment for history.
« He looked very demolished by it. He really did, » artist Christine Cornell told Business Insider after Thursday’s verdict.
The jury had sent out a note reading, « We the jury have reached a verdict » at 4:20 p.m., just as trial attendees were expecting to leave the crowded Manhattan courtroom and go home for the day.
Everyone — including, apparently, Trump — had figured court would end at 4:30 p.m., and that the jury would just return Friday to keep deliberating.
« He was feeling a little upbeat — that we were all going to be able to go home, » Cornell said of Trump.
