Witness: Someone shouted ‘he’s going to light himself on fire’
Ed Quinn , a freelance photojournalist who lives in the East Village, said he was facing the court when: “I heard someone scream, ‘He’s going to light himself on fire.’”
“I see him dumping gasoline on his face, very deliberately,” he said. “He had grey t-shirt on. It soaked his face. It soaked his shirt. Boom, he went up.”
Quinn said it took the police about a minute to arrive.“Women were begging, screaming, put it out, put him out,” he said.
Trump on Truth Social: ‘Judge Merchan is railroading me’
In a new post on his social media network Truth Social, Trump accused Merchan of “railroading” him.
“Judge Merchan is ‘railroading’ me, at breakneck speed, in order to completely satisfy his ‘friends.’ Additionally, he has ‘GAGGED’ me so that I cannot talk about the most important of topics,” Trump said in his post.
The former president also called President Joe Biden “crooked” and described this case as “election interference.”
Video shows man after setting himself on fire
A video appears to show that moments after setting himself on fire, the man lay on the ground burning. At times, he appeared to seize. Police tried to use a small fire extinguisher to put the fire out, but were unsuccessful. While still on fire, the man tried to sit up. Police then used a large extinguisher to put out the fire.
Injured man is being taken to a hospital, police say
An injured man is being placed in an ambulance in critical condition and will be transported to a hospital, the New York City Police Department said Friday afternoon following reports that a person set themselves on fire outside the courthouse.
Police said they responded at 1:37 p.m. to the vicinity of 80 Centre St. for an aided male.
The fire is out, and the investigation is ongoing, authorities added.
Police responding to the man on fire outside the building
The New York Police Department already had a heavy presence outside of the courthouse, due to the high profile of this case. As smoke emerged from the dedicated protest area, they rushed to find what looked like a fire extinguisher.
A man set himself on fire outside the trial
A man set himself on fire inside the designated protest area outside of the Trump trial in New York, a witness says.
A person in the designated protest area is on fire
There is a person who was in the designated protest area outside the courthouse who is on fire.
Potential juror excused for past social media posts against Trump
A potential juror was excused after Trump’s attorneys and Merchan examined his past social media posts about Trump.
“I don’t recall posting that,” the juror said. “That’s not mine.”
Still, the juror added, “At that time, yeah I may have thought that,” before he was excused by the judge.
Jury is complete
The sixth alternate has been seated.
Potential juror said Jan. 6 was an ‘insurrection’
A male prospective juror said the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol was an “insurrection” during voir dire with Trump’s lawyer.
When asked if he has strong opinions and about his posts about Trump, he said, “It’s more just the negative rhetoric and bias that he speaks about which is the most harmful.”
Asked if the juror has expressed a strong dislike for Trump, he said, “Based on his rhetoric, yes.” He added that he would stay focused on “what is the law, what constitutes breaking the law?”
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