Shocking footage shows the moment a man lit himself on fire outside a New York City courthouse on Friday. According to CNN, the incident took place during jury selection for the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump.
A CNN reporter was on air at the time of the incident and while she was reporting live she could be heard saying “A man has lit himself on fire outside the courthouse just now our cameras are turning right now, man has just lit himself on fire outside of the courthouse in manhattan. We’re watching a man who is fully emblazed in front of the courthouse today.” According to @nypost, the unexpected event occurred in a park located directly across from the 100 Centre Street courthouse at approximately 1:30 p.m., coinciding with the completion of the jury selection process for the historic case.
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As we all know, Donald Trump is currently on trial for allegedly falsifying business records to disguise a hush money payment to a porn star.
As we previously reported, Former President Donald Trump was indicted in New York City in April of last year on criminal charges arising from alleged hush money paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels to avoid a scandal ahead of the 2016 U.S. election.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, had arranged a payment of $130,000 to Daniels in exchange for her signing a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that prevented her from discussing the alleged affair publicly.
Daniels later filed a lawsuit seeking to invalidate the NDA, claiming that it was invalid because Trump himself had never signed it. The lawsuit also alleged that Cohen had defamed her by insinuating that she had lied about the affair.
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The scandal surrounding the alleged affair and the hush money payment made headlines and raised questions about potential campaign finance violations, as the payment was made just weeks before the election. Cohen ultimately pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations related to the payment, stating that he had acted at the direction of Trump.
