A man, Maxwell Azzarello, 37, resident in St. Augustine, Florida, set himself on fire outside the New York courthouse where Donald Trump’s trial was underway. According to what the police report, he is a conspiracy theorist. The 37-year-old is in critical condition. According to several videos posted online, the flames engulfed his body within a few seconds. An officer intervened on the scene and put out the fire with a fire extinguisher. The drama occurred during the fourth hearing of the trial against the former US president in the case of porn star Stormy Daniels. Just as the jury was being filled, the man, wearing jeans and a gray t-shirt, threw flyers into the air, doused himself with a flammable liquid and set himself on fire outside the courthouse in a park area. cordoned off for fans of the tycoon. Some of the fliers were about former President George W. Bush, former Vice President Al Gore and attorney David Boies, who represented Gore in the 2000 election recount. Passers-by shouted and someone tried to put out the flames with their fire extinguisher but CNN reporters say they saw the man burning for over three minutes. Here are the excited moments of the broadcaster’s correspondent, who announced live what was happening a stone’s throw from the court.
The troubled road of the composition of the jury
The episode comes after Judge Juan Merchan’s troubled jury completion. Dozens of candidates withdrew from the group, because they were not too objective or for fear of threats and media overexposure. Among them also an Italian-American, who withdrew claiming to be influenced by the analogies made by the press between Trump and Silvio Berlusconi. Of the 12 jurors, seven are men, five are women, almost all of them employees, including two corporate lawyers, a software engineer, an English teacher and a speech therapist. Six replacements have also been nominated for them. From Monday at the criminal trial, the first against a former president, there will be preliminary statements from the parties, before the prosecution illustrates the 34 charges. On the table is the payment of 130 thousand dollars to the porn star so that she would not reveal a flirtation with Trump in 2016 (while Melania was expecting her son), thus compromising the race for the White House. Money that the prosecution claims was made with falsified company documents and in violation of electoral law.
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