Donald Trump’s attorney says he was 'shocked' the former president took the verdict with 'solemness'

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Donald Trump’s lead attorney in his New York criminal case told The Associated Press he was “shocked” at the former president’s calm demeanor when the verdict was read in court

Donald Trump's lawyer told The Associated Press he was surprised at Trump’s stoic demeanor as he listened to the verdict that made him the first former U.S. president convicted of a crime. Todd Blanche was sitting to Trump’s left in the Manhattan courtroom as the verdict was read — the jury foreman repeating the word “guilty” 34 times. 'I was shocked at how he took the verdict,' Blanche said. 'He just stood there and just kind of took it.

on Thursday, just as it appeared deliberations were going to be stretching into a third day. Just a few minutes earlier, Judge Juan M. Merchan had returned to the courtroom to announce that, in lieu of a decision, he'd be sending jurors home for the evening at 4:30 p.m. “I’m a trial attorney and I’ve had a lot of trials and I had a lot of verdicts. And this one was by far the most kind of surprising in the timing of it,' Blanche said. “We were all ready to go home.

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