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.
