Trump and Don Jr. brag about ‘cranking out a couple of mean tweets’ in behind-the-scenes courthouse video as ex president waits verdict in his hush money trial

Donald Trump and his eldest son Don Jr. released a TikTok on Wednesday night that showed the duo sitting together in a back room of the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse coming up with their next vile tweet.

Judge Juan Merchan concluded his instructions to the jury on Wednesday as they retired to consider their verdict, but he had one final order for the former president, his legal team and prosecutors.

“I’m ordering all of you to please be here,” he instructed. You can’t leave the building.’

It means Trump has time to spare for the first time in weeks.

Sitting with his son in one of the courthouse’s white-walled conference rooms, accompanied by a bottle of Diet Coke and several boxes of chocolates, the pair turned the camera on themselves to capture a short clip.

Former President Donald Trump returned to the courtroom as jurors began deliberating his criminal trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York

“Hey guys, I’m with your favorite president,” Don Jr. begins. the 14-second TikTok.

“We send out some mean tweets on the track,” he says with a smile. “Why don’t you read that last one?” he asks his father.

“No, I think I’m going to publish it instead of reading it,” Trump says as he takes the lead.

‘I know my son does very well on social media. I am proud of him,” the former president said, showering praise on the 46-year-old.

“Stay tuned, it’s going to be a doozy,” Don Jr. teased. to his 45,000 TikTok followers.

Around the same time the video was posted, Trump took to Truth Social to share his thoughts on an interview between Fox News host Shannon Bream and Alina Habba.

‘I never knew Shannon Bream was so ‘naive’. In her interview with my representative, Alina Habba, Shannon just suggested that Crooked Joe Biden was not involved in my show trial. HOW STUPID!

‘Not only is he involved, he actually directs it, and all the other processes as well. That means: his people, because he is not mentally sharp enough to lead anything!

“Just look at the DOJ/White House thugs involved, and everything else. Biden is incompetent and believes that arming is the only way he can win. He’s counting on the Shannon Breams of the World to get him there. Bad day for Shannon!’

Don Jr.’s TikTok video was the third to put the former first son on the platform, but provided a brief light-hearted distraction while the seven men and five women of the jury continue their deliberations.

The duo filmed a 14-second video of Don Jr. joked about making mean tweets

Trump struck a pessimistic tone as he left the courtroom following the reading of jury instructions, repeating his claims of a “very unfair trial”

Trump is stuck every day on the 15th floor of the courthouse, where his aides have complained about the state of the restrooms and where an “asbestos abatement” warning has been posted next to the elevators.

It’s a very ordinary setting for a real estate mogul who made his money in glittering Manhattan towers and whose last name became a byword for luxury.

Trump remained at the courthouse during the deliberations, where he posted his Truth Social complaints about the trial and quoted legal and political commentators who view the case in his favor.

In an all-caps message, he stated that he didn’t even “know what the charges are in this rigged case,” even though he was present in the courtroom as the judge explained them to jurors.

The jury deliberated for four and a half hours Wednesday before being sent home by Judge Juan Merchan at 4 p.m.

“It is not my responsibility to review the evidence here. It is yours,” Judge Juan M. Merchan told jurors earlier in the day, reminding them of their promise during the selection process to judge the case fairly and impartially.

Jurors in Trump’s hush-money trial began deliberating Wednesday on whether to overturn the first criminal conviction of a former president — a momentous decision that could upset November’s presidential election

Don Jr. joined his father in the courtroom Wednesday as deliberations began

The jury asked for a slew of testimony from a key meeting at Trump Tower, where the prosecution claims a “capture and kill” plan was devised to bury negative stories, and from gossip king David Pecker, the then-publisher from the National Enquirer.

It is unclear how long the deliberations will last. A guilty verdict would deliver a stunning legal reckoning for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee as he tries to reclaim the White House, while an acquittal would mark a major victory for Trump and embolden him on the campaign trail.

Because the verdicts must be unanimous, it is also possible that the case could end in a mistrial if the jury cannot reach an agreement after days of deliberations.

Trump denies 34 counts of falsifying company records to conceal a $130,000 hush money payment to Stormy Daniels just before the 2016 presidential election.

Trump supporters stood in large numbers outside the courthouse on Wednesday

Twelve jurors will decide Donald Trump’s fate after six weeks of testimony

Prosecutor alleges he orchestrated a plot to buy negative stories, using his fixer Michael Cohen and former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker to track down and sign up women to prevent them from going public .

The defense, on the other hand, has argued that Trump simply wanted to protect his family and did not think to hide damaging information from voters.

Trump has pleaded not guilty and claims the Cohen payments were for legitimate legal services. He has also denied the alleged extramarital sexual encounter with Daniels.

Trump struck a pessimistic tone after leaving the courtroom following the reading of jury instructions, repeating his claims of a “very unfair trial” and saying: “Mother Teresa couldn’t refute this charge, but we’ll see.” We’ll see how it goes.’

“These charges are falsified. The whole country is a mess, between the borders and bogus elections, and you have a trial like this where the judge is so conflicted he can’t breathe,” he said over lunch on Wednesday.