Trump’s Been On Trial A Month Now. So Far, The World Has Not Ended.
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Trump and his allies issued dire warnings about mass uprisings if prosecutors dared charge Trump with crimes. As of now, there have been zero.
NEW YORK — As significant as the events inside a lower Manhattan courtroom this past month have been, with the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president, perhaps more significant is what has been happening on the streets outside: nothing.
No rioting. No violence. Not even the hint of civil war.
Despite dire warnings from Donald Trump and some of his allies that prosecutors in New York and elsewhere would trigger mayhem if they dared charge him with a crime, so far at least, his trial has taken place with virtually no protest at all.
Early Monday in the park across from the courthouse, there were no pro-Trump protesters. A single anti-Trump protester walked back and forth holding a sign: “TRUMP 2 TERRIFIED 2 TESTIFY.”
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