Live updates from Donald Trump’s trial: Ex-president returns to court for Day 11 after delivering pizza to the FDNY and receiving a hero’s welcome
By Wills Robinson in New York for Dailymail.com and Daniel Bates in New York for Dailymail.com and Rob Crilly, senior political reporter in New York
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Donald Trump returns to Manhattan Criminal Court for the eleventh day of the historic hush money trial.
On Thursday evening, the former president celebrated the end of a grueling day by delivering pizza to members of the FDNY in Midtown.
Firefighters greeted him with cheers when he arrived at the fire station with boxes of cakes.
Douglas Daus, a forensic analyst for the district attorney’s office, will return to the stand to provide testimony about Michael Cohen’s seized phones and electronics.
Follow the reporting live from DailyMail.com reporters in the courtroom
They checked off Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty and saw Hamilton on Broadway.
Now the visitors from Australia are going to the public gallery of the Donald Trump trial in the Manhattan Criminal Court.
“We woke up this morning and said we had to be in ‘the room where it happens,’” Marney said, interrupting Hamilton’s hit, quickly followed by a fit of laughter.
Across the street is the Manhattan courthouse where Donald Trump is on trial.
He has denied 34 charges of falsifying company records.
But a seemingly mundane case involving ledgers and checks has become the hottest ticket in town, already enlivened by the testimony of America’s gossip king and a famous lawyer who won payouts from Charlie Sheen.
Trump delivers pizza to the FDNY after court
Donald Trump celebrated the end of day 10 of the hush money trial by handing out pizzas to members of the FDNY.
The former president drove to the fire station in Midtown Manhattan to greet the cheering firefighters and present them with slices of cake.
The presumptive Republican nominee for president has made similar stops during court breaks to keep his campaign going.
Last week he visited a construction site to meet union workers.
Earlier in the trial, he went to a bodega in Harlem, where a shooting took place that rocked Manhattan.
CNN’s Anderson Cooper is in court today
The trial featured a parade of media personalities – including top network anchors.
Friday features veteran CNN anchor Anderson Cooper.
Trump: I don’t fall asleep… I just close my beautiful blue eyes
Donald Trump on Thursday addressed reports that he may have slept during his trial, as reporters noted that he had closed his eyes for long periods of time.
During the lunch break he posted:
Unlike the FAKE NEWS MEDIA, I am not falling asleep during the Crooked DA’s Witch Hunt, especially today. I just close my beautiful blue eyes, sometimes listen intensely and take it ALL in!!!
Trump’s posts on his Truth Social profile became a topic of discussion in court today, when his lawyer asked the judge if he could post information from news articles about the case.
Judge Merchan denied the request.
“I’m not going to make any preliminary statements,” he said, adding that there was “no ambiguity” in the order.
“If in doubt, stay away,” he advised.
On an extraordinary tenth day of Donald Trump’s successful hush money trial, there were many revelations.
Trump sat stoically at the suspect’s table as witness Keith Davidson was questioned by prosecutors and the former president’s lawyers.
Davidson is an attorney representing Stormy Daniels, the porn star who claims she had an affair with Trump and received a $130,000 payment to buy her silence.
His testimony revealed a flood of information. Here are the key takeaways:
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